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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CASE NO. 17-CV-00613-AWI-SKO

UNITED STATES and the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel. THOMAS REILLY,

GARRETT LEE, KEVIN SCHMIDT, AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS

TERRY HILLIARD,

ADVENTIST HEALTH,

SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY Plaintiffs,

HOSPITAL, ROBERT BEEHLER,

v. KURT HOEKENDORF, SCOTT

REINER AND WILLIAM BRENT

ADVENTIST HEALTH, et al., SOPER’S MOTION TO DISMISS

RELATORS’ FIRST AMENDED

Defendants. COMPLAINT

(Doc. No. 35)

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19 I. INTRODUCTION On May 1, 2017, Plaintiff Relators Thomas Reilly, Garrett Lee, Kevin Schmidt and Terry Hilliard (collectively, “Relators”), acting on behalf of the United States of America and the State of California, filed under seal a qui tam action against Adventist Health, San Joaquin Community Hospital (“SJCH”) and various individuals for alleged violations of the federal False Claims Act, the California False Claims Act and other state and federal law. Doc. No. 1. The First…