United States of America, ex rel Don Hanks v. Amgen Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------- X UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel. : Don Hanks, : MEMORANDUM DECISION AND : ORDER Plaintiff, : : 08-cv-3096 (BMC) - against - : : : AMGEN, INC., et al., : : Defendants. : ---------------------------------------------------------- X COGAN, District Judge. The issue before the Court in this fifteen-year-old False Claims Act case is who gets priority over funds obtained through a partial settlement of the case: is it the government, which is holding the funds and claims a set-off…