Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Russell v. Epic Healthcare Management Group
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1999No. 98-20743PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
This False Claims Act suit raises the question of time to appeal under Rule 4(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in qui tam cases in which the United States has not intervened. Qui tam plaintiff Sandra Russell filed a notice of appeal of the dismissal of her action forty-eight days after the entry of judgment. We must decide if the parties have sixty days in which to file a notice of appeal when the United States has not intervened in a False Claims Act suit. We find that Russell’s notice of appeal was timely filed within sixty days but we…
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