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U.S. v. COUCH

No. 17-13402.

906 F.3d 1223 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Lori L. Carver, Interested Party-Appellant, v. John Patrick COUCH, M.D., Xiulu Ruan, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 17, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher John Bodnar , Deborah A. Griffin , Adam W. Overstreet , U.S. Attorney Service-Southern District of Alabama, U.S. Attorney's Office, Mobile, AL, Steven Butler , U.S. Attorney's Office, Pensacola, FL, William Ernest Havemann , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Charles W. Scarborough , U.S. Attorney General's Office, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jeffrey Paul Doss , Brandon K. Essig , Robert Jackson Sewell , Jackson Roger Sharman, III , Benjamin Sanders Willson , Lightfoot Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Arthur T. Powell, III , Arthur T Powell III, PC, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellee JOHN PATRICK COUCH.

Gordon G. Armstrong, III , Gordon G. Armstrong, III, PC, Mobile, AL, Jason Darley , Jason Darley Law Office, Mobile, AL, Steve Martinie , Steve Martinie Law Office, Whitefish Bay, WI, Page Anthony Pate , Pate & Johnson, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellee XIULU RUAN.

Peter Scott Mackey , Peter F. Burns , William M. Cunningham, Jr. , Troy Thomas Schwant , Burns Cunningham & Mackey, PC, Mobile, AL, Richard Hamner Holston , Freman & Kaoui, LLC, Mobile, AL, Gregory Vaughan , Holston, Vaughan & Rosenthal, LLC, Mobile, AL, for Interested Party-Appellant LORI L. CARVER.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

When a private person brings a False Claims Act suit—known as a qui tam action —the government may choose to intervene and take over the action. 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(2). It may also choose to pursue "any alternate remedy available." Id. § 3730(c)(5). If it...

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