United States v. Janet Greeson's A Place For Us, Inc.

OVERVIEW

Janet Greeson’s A Place For Us, Inc., et al., (including Janet Greeson) (“APFU”), appeal a district court’s denial of their motion to quash a grand jury subpoena, which ordered them to produce documents sealed by a protective order in an earlier, settled civil litigation. We affirm.

FACTS

Various medical insurance companies brought a civil suit against APFU, alleging *1223 fraudulent billing by APFU. According to the insurance companies, APFU submitted bills for the provision of psychiatric care, when in truth APFU operated weight-loss clinics that were not covered by the relevant insurance policies. The insurance companies alleged that they were fraudulently billed in excess of one hundred million dollars. After very lengthy discovery, but before trial, the parties settled the suit. As part of the settlement, the district court granted a protective order concerning the discovery that had already been taken.

A grand jury, in connection with a criminal investigation, subsequently subpoenaed Blue Cross’ law firm, Meserve, Mumper & Hughes (“MMH”), requesting copies of all documents produced during discovery in the settled civil action. APFU moved to intervene in order to…