Order to Show Cause, United States ex rel. Aidan Forsyth

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Order to Show Cause of the United States District Court for the Central District of California in United States of America ex rel. Aidan Forsyth v. Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurants Inc. et al., Case No. 2:24-cv-04274-SB-AS, dated March 27, 2025. Relator Aidan Forsyth filed the False Claims Act action on May 23, 2024, and the court had extended the government's deadline to elect whether to intervene to March 20, 2025. The order states the government has neither made its election nor requested a continuance. By April 4, 2025, the government must show cause in writing why the complaint should not be unsealed, why it should not be deemed to have declined to intervene, and why sanctions should not be imposed for the noncompliance.

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Case 2:24-cv-04274-SB-AS Document16 Filed 03/27/25 Pagelof1 Page |ID#:71

VSDFVUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EX | Case No. 2:24-cv-04274-SB-AS
REL AIDAN FORSYTH,

Plaintiff,

y ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

SPAGHETTI WAREHOUSE
RESTAURANTS INC. et al.,

Defendants.

Relator Aidan Forsyth filed this False Claims Act action on May 23, 2024.
Dkt. No. 1. On September 16, 2024, after the Government failed to appear before
the expiration of the 60-day sealing period under 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b), the Court
issued an order to show cause (OSC). Dkt. No. 11. The government responded by
requesting that the deadline for its election to intervene be extended to March 20,
2025. Dkt. Nos. 12, 13. The Court granted the request and discharged the OSC,
noting that it expected the government “to act with diligence in its investigation.”
Dkt. No. 14. That date has passed, and the government has neither made its
election nor requested a continuance.

Accordingly, by April 4, 2025, the government is ordered to show cause, in
writing, why: (1) the complaint should not be unsealed due to the expiration of the
sealing period and the absence of a showing of good cause for an extension; (2) the
government should not be deemed to have declined to intervene under
§ 3730(b)(4)(B) because it failed to comply with the Court’s order; and
(3) sanctions should not be imposed for the noncompliance under Rule 16(f) and
the Court’s inherent authority.

Date: March 27, 2025 0 tTS

Stanley "'-~-enfeld, Jr.
United States District Judge


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