UNITED STATES v. EPIC HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT GROUP

No. 98-20743.

193 F.3d 304 (2000)

The UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Sandra RUSSELL, in her own right; Sandra Russell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EPIC HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT GROUP; Hearthstone Home Health Inc., doing business as ContinuCare Health Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. John Leger (argued), Houston, TX, for Russell.

John Theodore Boese (argued), Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This False Claims Act suit raises the question of time to appeal under Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in qui tam cases in which the United States has not intervened. Qui tam plaintiff Sandra Russell filed a notice of appeal of the dismissal of her action forty-eight days after the entry of judgment. We must decide if the parties have sixty days in which to file a notice of appeal when...

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