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U.S. EX REL. LUTZ v. U.S.

No. 16-1597 16-1600 16-1601.

853 F.3d 131 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America and the States of North Carolina, California, Illinois EX REL. Scarlett LUTZ, Kayla Webster, Dr. Michael Mayes and Chris Riedel, Plaintiff, and BlueWave Healthcare Consultants, Inc.; Floyd Calhoun Dent, III; Robert Bradford Johnson, Defendants-Appellants, and Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc.; Singulex Inc.; Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings; Philippe J. Goix, PhD; Berkeley Heartlab, Inc.; LaTonya Mallory; Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated, Defendants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Intervenor-Appellee, and Blue Eagle Farming, LLC; Eagle Ray Investments, LLC; Forse Investments, LLC; Christina M. Dent; Lakelin Pines, LLC; Trini "D" Island, LLC; War-Horse Properties, LLLP, Parties-in-Interest. United States of America and the States of North Carolina, California, Illinois ex rel. Scarlett Lutz, Kayla Webster, Dr. Michael Mayes and Chris Riedel, Plaintiff, and Blue Eagle Farming, LLC; Eagle Ray Investments, LLC; Forse Investments, LLC; War-Horse Properties, LLLP, Parties-in-Interest-Appellants, v. United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee, and BlueWave Healthcare Consultants, Inc.; Floyd Calhoun Dent, III; Robert Bradford Johnson; Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc.; Singulex Inc.; Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings; Philippe J. Goix, PhD; Berkeley Heartlab, Inc.; LaTonya Mallory; Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated, Defendants, and Christina M. Dent; Lakelin Pines, LLC; Trini "D" Island, LLC, Parties-in-Interest. United States of America and the States of North Carolina, California, Illinois ex rel. Scarlett Lutz, Kayla Webster, Dr. Michael Mayes and Chris Riedel, Plaintiff, and Christina M. Dent; Lakelin Pines, LLC; Trini "D" Island, LLC, Parties-in-Interest-Appellants, v. United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee, and BlueWave Healthcare Consultants, Inc.; Floyd Calhoun Dent, III; Robert Bradford Johnson; Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc.; Singulex Inc.; Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings; Philippe J. Goix, PhD; Berkeley Heartlab, Inc.; LaTonya Mallory; Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated, Defendants, and Blue Eagle Farming, LLC; Eagle Ray Investments, LLC; Forse Investments, LLC; War-Horse Properties, LLLP, Parties-in-Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 23, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Morris Dawes Cooke, Jr. , BARNWELL WHALEY PATTERSON & HELMS, L.L.C., Charleston, South Carolina; Thomas Parker Gressette, Jr. , PRATT-THOMAS WALKER, PA, Charleston, South Carolina; Nekki Shutt , CALLISON, TIGHE & ROBINSON, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants. Henry Charles Whitaker , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joseph P. Griffith, Jr. , JOE GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina; Bradley B. Banias , BARNWELL WHALEY PATTERSON & HELMS, L.L.C., Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellants BlueWave Healthcare Consultants, Inc., Floyd Calhoun Dent, III, and Robert Bradford Johnson. John P. Linton, Jr. , PRATT-THOMAS WALKER, PA, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellants Blue Eagle Farming, LLC, Eagle Ray Investments, LLC, Forse Investments, LLC, and War-Horse Properties, LLLP. Louis H. Lang , Jacqueline M. Pavlicek , CALLISON, TIGHE & ROBINSON, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants Christina M. Dent, Lakelin Pines, LLC, and Trini "D" Island, LLC. Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Michael S. Raab , Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Beth Drake , Acting United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Dismissed by published opinion. Judge Duncan wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Floyd joined.

Appellants challenge the district court's denial of their motions to quash writs of attachment against real and personal property and writs of garnishment against two bank accounts. Because we conclude that the denial is an unreviewable interlocutory order, we dismiss for lack of...

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