Schmuckley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 United States of America et al., ex rel. Loyd F. No. 2:12-cv-01699-KJM-EFB Schmuckley, Jr., ORDER Plaintiffs, 13 v. 14 Rite Aid Corporation, Defendant. 17 State of California ex rel. Loyd F. Schmuckley, 18 Jr., 19 Plaintiff, 20 v. 21 Rite Aid Corporation, 22 Defendant. 23 24 Rite Aid moves for reconsideration of an order denying its previous motion to strike expert opinions. See Mot. Correct, ECF No. 329; Prev. Order, ECF No. 319. The plaintiffs oppose the motion, which is fully briefed. See Opp’n, ECF No. 354; Reply, ECF No. 358. As explained in this order, the motion is granted in part and denied in part. The plaintiffs allege in this action that Rite Aid submitted false reimbursement claims for prescription drug sales. As explained in the court’s previous order, because the universe of reimbursement claims is so large, the plaintiffs proposed to use a statistical sampling method and extrapolation to prove, for example, how many false claims…