Seasholtz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STATES, ex rel., BELL HILL, No. 1:20-cv-00942-ADA-BAM

LLC,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION OF v. DISMISSAL PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 41(a) JOHN SEASHOLTZ, et al., (ECF No. 27) Defendants. 16 On July 6, 2020, Relator-Plaintiff Bell Hill, LLC filed this qui tam action pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729–3733. (ECF No. 1.) After several extensions of time, the Court granted the United States’ election to intervene in the claims against Defendants John Seasholtz, Sweetwood Farm Company, LLC, Mendota Land Company, Sweetwood Farm, Inc., and Seasholtz Co., LLC (“the Seasholtz Defendants”). (ECF No. 26.) The United States declined to intervene as to the claims against Defendant Bank of the West. (ECF No. 25.) On July 11, 2023, the United States and Relator-Plaintiff filed a stipulation, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1) to…