No. 24-1179

United States, ex rel. Ganesa Rosales, et al. v. Amedisys North Carolina, L.L.C., et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: false-claims-act federal-civil-procedure first-to-file-rule government-intervention qui-tam subject-matter-jurisdiction
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Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an action asserting False Claims Act claims is a 'related action' under the First to File rule when the government declines intervention and the Relator is the first and only to file against the Defendants

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

I Whether, an action asserting claims under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(A), is a “related action” to a previously filed “pending action” and is thus properly dismissed under the First to File rule where the government has declined to intervene in either action and where Relator in the subsequently filed FCA action was not only the first to file, but the only to file an FCA action against the three named Defendants. II Whether a Motion to Dismiss under the FCA’s “First to File Rule” is properly addressed under Fed. R. Cir. P. 12 (b)(1)(subject matter jurisdiction) or under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (b)(6) (failure to state a claim).

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-18
Brief of Amedisys North Carolina, L.L.C., et al. in opposition submitted.
2025-06-18
Brief of respondents Amedisys North Carolina, L.L.C., et al. in opposition filed.
2025-05-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 18, 2025)

Attorneys

Amedisys North Carolina, L.L.C., et al.
Brian Terence KellyNixon Peabody LLP, Respondent
United States ex rel. Ganesa Rosales, North Carolina ex rel. Ganesa Rosales
John J. BeinsBeins Goldberg LLP, Petitioner