U.S. EX REL. ATKINS v. McINTEER

Civil Action No. 03-AR-1540-S.

345 F.Supp.2d 1302 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Patrick Bruce ATKINS, M.D., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Charles M. McINTEER, M.D., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

October 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice H. Martin, John C. Bell, U.S. Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, Albert G. Lewis, III, W. Eason Mitchell, Justice D. Smyth, III, Lewis & Mitchell LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL, for U.S.

Albert G. Lewis, III, W. Eason Mitchell, Justice D. Smyth, III, Lewis & Mitchell LLC, Tuscaloosa, AL, for Patrick Bruce Atkins.

Richard E. O'Neal, U.S. Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, Polly A. Dammann, U.S. Department of Justice, Commercial Litigation Division, Civil Division, Michael F. Hertz, U.S. Department of Justice-Civil, Rights Division, Peter D. Keisler, U.S. Department of Justice-Civil Division, Washington, DC, for United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, plaintiff.

Joseph Stuart Miller, J. Will Axon, Jr., Starnes & Atchison LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Charles M. Mclnteer, M.D., Marilyn Elizabeth Lachman, M.D., Yhap Psychiatric Services, Inc., defendants.

Richard J. Brockman, R. Marcus Givhan, James F. Henry, Alan Daniel Mathis, Johnston Barton Proctor & Powell LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Northport Health Services, Inc, Northport Health and Rehabilitation, L.L.C National Healthcare Corp., Haleyville Healthcare Center, Eastern Health System, Inc., Capitol Hill Healthcare Center, Inc., defendants.

Helen Johnson Alford, Andrew C. Clausen, Robert B. McGinley, Jr., Alford Clausen & McDonald LLC, Mobile, AL, for Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Services, Inc, a foreign (California) Corporation, Beverly Enterprises-Alabama, Inc., a foreign (California) Corporation, defendants.

John M. Johnson, Jackson R. Sharman, III, Jacob M. Tubbs, Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC, Birmingham, AL, Nathan Sheers, James Stansel, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Washington, DC, for Sunbridge Healthcare Corp., defendant.

Richard Lee Sharff, Jr., Bradley Arant Rose & White, Birmingham, AL, Thomas C. Fox, Andrew L. Hurst, Scot T. Hasselman, Andrew C. Bernasconi, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, DC, for Mariner Health Central, Inc., defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ACKER, District Judge.

The court has for consideration motions to dismiss filed by thirteen out of the fourteen remaining of the original fifteen defendants in the above-entitled qui tarn action brought by Patrick Bruce Atkins, M.D., on behalf of the United States of America. The United States has declined to intervene, as it turns out, for good reason.

By targeting so many defendants, the relator did not relieve...

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