United States of America v. Pacific Retirement Services, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. Case No. 16-cv-00889-LB MICHAEL MCNALL and KARYL MCNALL,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

Plaintiffs, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE

GOVERNMENT

v.

PACIFIC RETIREMENT SERVICES, INC., et al., 16 Defendants. 17 The court assumes the reader’s familiarity with the subject matter and procedural history of this case. On August 29, 2019, the court granted Cotchett, Pitre, and McCarthy, LLP’s motion to withdraw as counsel for the relators, Michael and Karyl McNall.1 The court stayed the case until September 30, 2019 to give the McNalls an additional opportunity to retain new counsel.2 The court cautioned the McNalls that if they failed to retain new counsel on or before the expiration of 23 24

26 1 Order – ECF No. 71. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated page numbers at the top of documents. 2 Id. at 6. the stay, the court would…