United States Ex Rel. Jones v. Westwind Group, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ACKER, District Judge.

The court has before it a motion filed by the United States of America (“the United States”) pursuant to Rule 59, F.R.Civ.P., seeking to clarify or, in the alternative, to alter or amend the order of January 18, 2006, which dismissed the above-entitled qui. tam action for want of prosecution. A brief procedural history will put the motion in perspective.

The original action was brought under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq., by Carter Jones as relator on behalf of the United States, alleging that eleven named defendants had defrauded the…