No. 25A541

United States and Georgia, ex rel. Barbara Senters v. Quest Diagnostics Inc.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-10
Status: Application
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split false-claims-act medical-billing medicare-fraud pleading-standard rule-9b
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b)'s heightened pleading standard requires False Claims Act plaintiffs who plead a fraudulent billing scheme with particularity to also identify specific false claim submissions to avoid dismissal.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) requires False Claims Act plaintiffs to identify specific false claim submissions when pleading a fraudulent billing scheme with particularity

Docket Entries

2025-11-10
Application (25A541) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 17, 2025.
2025-11-06
Application (25A541) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 17, 2025 to January 16, 2026, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

The United States of America and the State of Georgia ex rel. Barbara Senters
Daniel Hirotsu WoofterRussell & Woofter LLC, Petitioner