United States v. Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Case No. 11-cv-00941-EMC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING RELATORS’
v. MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF
VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC., et al., Docket No. 281 Defendants.
12 13 Currently pending before the Court is the Campies’ motion for approval of a voluntary dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). In their motion, the Campies essentially ask the Court to dismiss the instant case – which at present consists of a federal retaliation claim, several California retaliation claims, and a number of state/local FCA claims1 (including but not limited to one based on California law) – so that they may pursue a narrower case in California state court. That narrower case would consist of California retaliation claims and a California-only FCA claim. In other words, the Campies would no longer be pursuing (1) a federal retaliation claim and (2) state/local FCA claims other than one based on…