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William Beaumont Hospital v. United States, ex rel. David Felten
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-1002 · judgment March 31, 2021
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Question presented
31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)(1) protects an “employee” against retaliation for trying to stop a violation of the False Claims Act. The question presented is whether the term “employee” includes someone who is no longer an employee when the alleged retaliation takes place. (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Neal Kumar Katyal
Hogan Lovells US LLP
For respondent
Jason Scott Marcus
Bracker & Marcus LLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Jan 24 2022Petition DENIED.
- Jan 05 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
- Jan 04 2022Reply of petitioner William Beaumont Hospital filed. (Distributed)
- Dec 17 2021Brief of respondent United States of America, ex rel. David L. Felten, M.D., Ph.D. in opposition filed.
- Nov 09 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 17, 2021.
- Nov 08 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 17, 2021 to December 17, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Oct 18 2021Response Requested. (Due November 17, 2021)
- Oct 14 2021Brief amici curiae of American Hospital Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Oct 13 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/29/2021.
- Oct 12 2021Waiver of right of respondent United States of America, ex rel. David L. Felten, M.D., Ph.D. to respond filed.
- Sep 20 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2021)