United States of America v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: United States of America, Michelle Seegers, Pamela Comstock, State of California, State of Colorado, State of Georgia, State of Hawaii, State of Maryland, State of Virginia, State of Washington and District of Columbia
Defendant: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of The Mid-Atlantic State, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc., Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, P.C., Colorado Permanente Medical Group, P.C., Northwest Permanente, P.C. and Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
Case Number: 2:2019cv03049
Filed: April 19, 2019
Court: US District Court for the Central District of California
Presiding Judge: Alicia G Rosenberg
Referring Judge: John F Walter
Nature of Suit: Qui Tam (31 U.S.C. 3729(a))
Cause of Action: 31 U.S.C. § 3729 False Claims Act
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
May 20, 2022 Filing 52 NOTICE filed by Plaintiff State of California. States' Consent to Relators' Dismissal of Qui Tam Action without Prejudice to the States (Anderson, Amy)
May 10, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 51 ORDER Re Notice of Dismissal by Judge John F. Walter. Pursuant to Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Notice of Dismissal filed by qui tam plaintiffs Michelle Seegers and Pamela Comstock, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is dismissed without prejudice in its entirety, said dismissal being without prejudice to the United States of America. IT IS SO ORDERED. re Notice of Dismissal #50 . Case Terminated. Made JS-6. (rolm)
May 9, 2022 Filing 50 NOTICE of Dismissal; Consent of United States of America filed by plaintiffs Pamela Comstock and Michelle Seegers. (rolm)
March 28, 2022 Filing 49 Text Entry Order Striking docket entry #47 is stricken for the reasons stated in the Clerk's Notice of Deficiencies #48 . THERE IS NO PDF DOCUMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ENTRY. (sr) TEXT ONLY ENTRY
March 23, 2022 Filing 48 NOTICE TO FILER OF DEFICIENCIES in Electronically Filed Documents RE: Notice #47 . The following error(s) was/were found: Document submitted in the wrong case. Clerk has sealed filing. In response to this notice, the Court may: (1) order an amended or correct document to be filed; (2) order the document stricken; or (3) take other action as the Court deems appropriate. You need not take any action in response to this notice unless and until the Court directs you to do so. (iv)
March 23, 2022 Filing 47 *Stricken* NOTICE filed by Plaintiff State of California. States' Notice of Election to Decline Intervention (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Zlotnick, David) Modified on 3/28/2022 (sr).
February 11, 2022 Filing 46 DECLARATION of Michael A. Morse filed by Plaintiffs Pamela Comstock, Michelle Seegers. (Owens, Alexander)
February 9, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 45 AMENDED STANDING ORDER by Judge John F. Walter. READ THIS ORDER CAREFULLY. IT CONTROLS THE CASE AND DIFFERS IN SOME RESPECTS FROM THE LOCAL RULES. This action has been assigned to the calendar of Judge John F. Walter. (iv)
February 9, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 44 SELF-REPRESENTATION ORDER by Judge John F. Walter. SEE ORDER FOR DETAILS. (iv)
February 9, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 43 MINUTES (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL FOR RELATORS MICHELLE SEEGERS AND PAMELA COMSTOCK [filed 1/13/22; Docket Nos. #40 and #42 ] by Judge John F. Walter. Movants' Motion is GRANTED. Movants shall also serve the Court's Self-Representation Order on Plaintiff on or before February 11, 2022. Finally, Movants shall file proofs of service of this Order, the supplemental declaration, and the Court's Self-Representation Order on or before February 14, 2022. (iv)
January 13, 2022 Filing 42 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION to Withdraw AS COUNSEL FOR RELATORS MICHELLE SEEGERS AND PAMELA COMSTOCK filed by Plaintiffs Michelle Seegers. Motion set for hearing on 2/14/2022 at 01:30 PM before Judge John F. Walter. (Attachments: #1 Memorandum) (Samson, Ian)
January 13, 2022 Filing 41 TEXT ENTRY ORDER re NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION to Withdraw AS COUNSEL FOR RELATORS MICHELLE SEEGERS AND PAMELA COMSTOCK #40 . The Court hears Motions at 1:30 p.m. Counsel shall re-notice their Motion for the correct hearing time. THERE IS NO PDF DOCUMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ENTRY. (sr) TEXT ONLY ENTRY
January 13, 2022 Filing 40 NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION to Withdraw AS COUNSEL FOR RELATORS MICHELLE SEEGERS AND PAMELA COMSTOCK filed by Plaintiffs Michelle Seegers. Motion set for hearing on 2/14/2022 at 10:00 AM before Judge John F. Walter. (Attachments: #1 Memorandum, #2 Proposed Order) (Samson, Ian)
January 11, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 39 ORDER REGARDING STATES' NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION by Judge John F. Walter. The Complaint, Summons, Case Management Order, the United States' Notice of Election to Decline Intervention and accompanying Order, as well as the States' Notice and this Order shall be unsealed forthwith. The Seal shall be lifted as to all other matters occurring in this action hereafter. (iv)
January 10, 2022 Filing 38 PROOF OF SERVICE filed by Plaintiff State of California. (iv)
January 10, 2022 Filing 37 STATES' NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION filed by Plaintiff State of California. (iv)
January 5, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 36 ORDER RE UNITED STATES' NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION (bm) Modified on 1/14/2022 (iv).
January 4, 2022 Filing 35 UNITED STATES' NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERVENTION (bm) Modified on 1/14/2022 (iv).
December 14, 2021 Filing 34 Notice of Appearance or Withdrawal of Counsel: for attorney Erika Hiramatsu counsel for Plaintiff State of California. Adding Amy Anderson as counsel of record for State of California for the reason indicated in the G-123 Notice. (iv)
October 7, 2021 Filing 33 SEALED ORDER EXTENDING SEAL AND UNITED STATES' ELECTION PERIOD (lom)
October 4, 2021 Filing 32 SEALED MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF SEAL AND UNITED STATES' ELECTION PERIOD; DECLARATION OF JACK D. ROSS IN SUPPORT THEREOF (lom)
June 30, 2021 Filing 31 SEALED - ORDER EXTENDING SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD (bm)
June 30, 2021 Filing 30 SEALED - MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF STIPULATION REQUESTING EXTENSION OF SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD; DECLARATION OF CHARLES E. CANTER IN SUPPORT THEREOF (bm)
June 30, 2021 Filing 29 SEALED - STIPULATION REQUESTING EXTENSION OF SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD (bm)
January 4, 2021 Filing 28 SEALED - ORDER EXTENDING SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD (bm)
January 4, 2021 Filing 27 SEALED - MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF STIPULATION REQUESTING EXTENSION OF SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD; DECLARATION OF CHARLES E. CANTER IN SUPPORT THEREOF (bm)
January 4, 2021 Filing 26 SEALED - STIPULATION REQUESTING EXTENSION OF SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD (bm)
September 3, 2020 Filing 25 SEALED ORDER PARTIALLY LIFTING SEAL. (iv)
September 3, 2020 Filing 24 SEALED STIPULATION REQUESTING ORDER TO PARTIALLY LIFTING THE SEAL. (iv)
June 18, 2020 Filing 23 SEALED ORDER EXTENDING SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD. (iv)
June 18, 2020 Filing 22 SEALED MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF STIPULATION REQUESTING EXTENSION OF SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD. (iv)
June 18, 2020 Filing 21 SEALED STIPULATION REQUESTING EXTENSION OF SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD. (iv)
January 24, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ORDER ON REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF SUBSTITUTION OR WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY #19 by Judge John F. Walter. The request of State of California to substitute Erika Hiramatsu as attorney of record instead of Rita Hanscom is GRANTED. (iv)
January 24, 2020 Filing 19 REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF SUBSTITUTION OR WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL filed by Plaintiff State of California. (iv)
December 27, 2019 Filing 17 SEALED ORDER EXTENDING SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD. (iv)
December 20, 2019 Filing 18 SEALED MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF STIPULATION REQUESTING EXTENSION OF SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD; DECLARATION OF CHARLES E. CANTER IN SUPPORT THEREOF. (iv)
December 20, 2019 Filing 16 SEALED STIPULATION REQUESTING EXTENSION OF SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD. (iv)
July 3, 2019 Filing 15 SEALED NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OR WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL. (iv)
July 3, 2019 Filing 14 SEALED ORDER EXTENDING SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD. (iv)
June 28, 2019 Filing 13 SEALED MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF STIPULATION REQUESTING EXTENSION OF SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD; DECLARATION OF CHARLES E. CANTER IN SUPPORT THEREOF. (iv)
June 28, 2019 Filing 12 SEALED STIPULATION REQUESTING EXTENSION OF SEAL AND GOVERNMENTS' ELECTION PERIOD. (iv)
May 1, 2019 Filing 11 SEALED ORDER granting Application of Non-Resident Attorney Alexander M. Owens to Appear Pro Hac Vice on behalf of Plaintiff Michelle Seegers and Pamela Cornstock, designating Ian P. Samson as local counsel #9 . (iv)
May 1, 2019 Filing 10 SEALED ORDER Granting Application of Non-Resident Attorney Michael A. Morse to Appear Pro Hac Vice on behalf of Plaintiff Michelle Seegers and Pamela Cornstock, designating Ian P. Samson as local counsel #8 . (iv)
April 30, 2019 Filing 9 SEALED APPLICATION of Non-Resident Attorney to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Pro Hac Vice Fee - Paid). (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order) (iv)
April 30, 2019 Filing 8 SEALED APPLICATION of Non-Resident Attorney to Appear Pro Hac Vice (Pro Hac Vice Fee - Paid). (iv) (Attachment: #1 Proposed Order) (iv).
April 23, 2019 Opinion or Order Filing 7 STANDING ORDER by Judge John F. Walter. READ THIS ORDER CAREFULLY. IT CONTROLS THE CASE AND DIFFERS IN SOME RESPECTS FROM THE LOCAL RULES. This action has been assigned to the calendar of Judge John F. Walter. (iv)
April 23, 2019 Filing 6 NOTICE OF PRO HAC VICE APPLICATION DUE for Non-Resident Attorney Alexander M. Owens. A document recently filed in this case lists you as an out-of-state attorney of record. However, the Court has not been able to locate any record that you are admitted to the Bar of this Court, and you have not filed an application to appear Pro Hac Vice in this case. Accordingly, within 5 business days of the date of this notice, you must either (1) have your local counsel file an application to appear Pro Hac Vice (Form G-64) and pay the applicable fee, or (2) complete the next section of this form and return it to the court at cacd_attyadm@cacd.uscourts.gov. You have been removed as counsel of record from the docket in this case, and you will not be added back to the docket until your Pro Hac Vice status has been resolved. (lh)
April 23, 2019 Filing 5 NOTICE OF PRO HAC VICE APPLICATION DUE for Non-Resident Attorney Michael A. Morse. A document recently filed in this case lists you as an out-of-state attorney of record. However, the Court has not been able to locate any record that you are admitted to the Bar of this Court, and you have not filed an application to appear Pro Hac Vice in this case. Accordingly, within 5 business days of the date of this notice, you must either (1) have your local counsel file an application to appear Pro Hac Vice (Form G-64) and pay the applicable fee, or (2) complete the next section of this form and return it to the court at cacd_attyadm@cacd.uscourts.gov. You have been removed as counsel of record from the docket in this case, and you will not be added back to the docket until your Pro Hac Vice status has been resolved. (lh)
April 19, 2019 Filing 4 NOTICE TO PARTIES OF COURT-DIRECTED ADR PROGRAM filed. (lh)
April 19, 2019 Filing 3 NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT to District Judge John F. Walter and Magistrate Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg. (lh)
April 19, 2019 Filing 2 CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE of Interested Parties filed by Plaintiffs Pamela Comstock, Michelle Seegers. (lh)
April 19, 2019 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Defendants Colorado Permanente Medical Group, P.C., Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of The Mid-Atlantic State, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc., Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, P.C., Northwest Permanente, P.C., Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Inc..Case assigned to Judge John F. Walter for all further proceedings. Discovery referred to Magistrate Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg. (Filing Fee $ 400 Paid) Jury Demanded, filed by Plaintiffs Pamela Comstock, Michelle Seegers. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet) (lh)

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Plaintiff: Michelle Seegers
Represented By: Ian P Samson
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