In re Planned Parenthood Federation of America, No. 22-11009 (5th Cir. 2022)
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This mandamus petition concerns a qui tam action brought against Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and five Texas-based affiliates. Relator filed the initial complaint on February 5, 2021, alleging that Petitioners presented millions of dollars of false or fraudulent claims for payment under the Medicaid system.
Petitioners moved to dismiss both complaints, and the district court denied those motions in large part in April of 2022. Petitioners then sought reconsideration of that order, which the district court denied in July of 2022. Discovery proceeded meanwhile; tens of thousands of documents were exchanged and several motions to compel were raised by both parties and ruled on.
Seven months after the case was unsealed, Petitioners moved to transfer to the Austin Division of the Western District of Texas, arguing that it is a more convenient forum than the Amarillo Division of the Northern District of Texas, where the case was originally filed and remains pending. The district court denied the motion. Petitioners then sought mandamus relief.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed, finding that Petitioners failed to show that the district court clearly abused its discretion in denying their motion to transfer. As a result, they failed to demonstrate that they are entitled to the extraordinary remedy of a writ of mandamus.
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