U.S. v. Vailey-Snyder—criminal—affirmance—Hardiman

The Third Circuit today held that an inmate’s placement in administrative segregation while under investigation for a new crime does not trigger his constitutional or statutory rights to a speedy trial. The right is triggered by arrest or indictment, and placing an inmate in administrative segregation during investigation of an offense is neither. The court also rejected the defendant’s vouching and cumulative-error claims.

Joining Hardiman were Scirica and Rendell. Arguing counsel were Todd Hinkley for the government and Brandon Reish of Stroudsburg, Pa. (the caption has a typo, “Strousburg”) for the defendant.

U.S. ex rel. Doe v. Heart Solution (revised op.)— civil — partial affirmance — Roth

The Third Circuit issued a revised opinion today in this case. The original opinion, now vacated, is here.

The vacated conclusion read:

For the foregoing reasons, we will affirm the District Court’s judgment on the issue of Ms. Patel’s liability under the FCA for false claims submitted to Medicare for unsupervised neurological tests and on the issue of Ms. Patel’s common law fraud. We will reverse the remaining portions of the District Court’s summary judgment orders and remand this case to the District Court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

The new conclusion reads:

For the foregoing reasons, we will affirm the District Court’s judgment on the issue of Ms. Patel’s liability and damages under the FCA for false claims submitted to Medicare for unsupervised neurological tests and on the issue of Ms. Patel’s common law fraud. We will reverse the portions of the District Court’s summary judgment orders with respect to Heart Solution and with respect to Nita Patel’s liability and damages for the remaining common law claims and remand this case to the District Court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Joining Roth were Jordan and Stearns D.Mass by designation. Arguing counsel were Mark Cedrone of Cedrone & Mancano for the woman and the company and Charles Graybow of the N.J. U.S. Attorney’s office for the government.