Opinion
Civil 1:20-cv-00032-MR-WCM
05-20-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ex rel. GINGER L. HILL, Plaintiffs, v. HEALTHKEEPERZ, INC., Defendant.
ORDER
Martin Reidinger Chief United States District Judge.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Government's Notice of Election to Intervene in Part to Effectuate Settlement Agreement and Request to Unseal Certain Documents [Doc. 30].
The United States of America (“Government”) has elected to intervene in part in this action pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(4), and the North Carolina False Claims Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-605, et seq., for the purposes of settlement. [Doc. 30]. The Government further moves to unseal the Complaint filed in this action. [Id.].
Upon review of the Government's Notice, the Court hereby enters the following Order.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that:
1. The Government's Motion to Unseal Complaint [Doc. 30] is GRANTED, and both the Relator's Complaint [Doc. 2] and the Government's Notice of Election to Intervene [Doc. 30] are hereby UNSEALED;
2. This Order shall be filed on the public docket and not sealed;
3. All other pleadings that were previously filed in this action shall remain under seal;
4. The seal of this case is hereby LIFTED as to all other pleadings filed and matter occurring after the date of this Order; and
5. The parties shall file a stipulation of dismissal of this case within thirty (30) days of the entry of this Order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.