United States v. Lazar

CARR, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which GRIFFIN, J., joined. KETHLEDGE, J. (p. 242), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

JAMES G. CARR, District Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized from two medical offices. Following the searches, a grand jury indicted the defendant, Dr. Rande H. Lazar, a pediatric otolaryngologist, on 110 counts of health care fraud. A superceding indictment charges him with devising and executing a scheme to defraud and obtain money from health care benefit programs.

The defendant…