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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA DIVISION
I-JNITED STATES OF AMERICA, The Statesg
of California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, $
Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, $
Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, $
New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, $
3:13-cv-01223-JFA
Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, and the $ Civ. A. No. SA:12-ca-0843-XR
District of Columbia ex rel. Laurence $
Schneider, $ FILED UNDER SEAL
$ AND IN CAMERA
Plaintiffs, $

vs.

J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, National

Association, J.P: Morgan Chase & Company,
and Chase Home Finance, LLC,

Defendants.

NEW JERSEY'S NOTICE OF ELECTION TO DECLINE INTERYENTION

Pursuant to the New Jersey False Claims Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:32C-5(g)(2), the State of New

Jersey ("New Jersey"), through its counsel, John J. Hoffman, Acting Attomey General of New

Jersey (the "Attorney General"), Janine Matton, Deputy Attorney General, appearing, hereby

notifies the Court of its decision not to intervene in this action.

Although New Jersey declines to intervene, it respectfully refers the Court to

N.J.S.A. 2A:32C-5(b), (c) and2\:32C-6(f), which allow Laurence Schneider ("Relator") to

maintain the action in the name of New Jersey; however, "the action may be voluntarily

dismissed by the person bringing the action if the Attomey General gives written consent to the

dismissal along with the reason for consenting, and the court approves the dismissal."

N.J.S.A. 2A:32C-5(c).
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Therefore, New Jersey respectfully requests that, should either the Relator or Defendants

propose that this action be dismissed, settled, or otherwise discontinued, this Court solicit the

written consent of the Attomey General before ruling or granting its approval.

Furthermore, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:32C-6(f), New Jersey respectfully requests that all

pleadings and orders filed in this action be served upon the Attomey General. Additionally, New

Jersey reserves its right to order any deposition transcripts and to intervene in this action, for

good cause, at alater date.

Dated: January 15,2014 Respectfully submitted,

JOHN J. HOFFMAN
Acting Attorney General of New Jersey

By:

Division of Law
I24 Halsey Street
P.O. Box 45029
Newark, New Jersey 07101
Tel: (973) 693-648s
Fax: (973) 648-3879
Email : j anine.matton@dol.lps.state.nj.us

Attorneyfor the State o.f New Jersey

To: Counsel on the attached service list via electronic mail.

*
Not admitted in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on January 15,2014,I caused the State of New Jersey's Notice of Election

to Decline Intervention to be served via electronic mail to counsel listed on the following service

list.

MATTON

Relator's Counsel:
Richard A. Harpootlian
rah@harpootlianlaw.com
Reuben A. Guttman
rguttman@gelaw.com
James J. Sabella
jsabella@gelaw.corn
Jonathan Kass
jkass@gelaw.com
GRANT & EISENHOWER P.A.
l4l0 Laurel Street
P.O. Box 1090
Columbia" 5C29202
United States Attorney's Office: United States Department of Justice:
Fran Trapp William C. Edgar
Assistant United States Attorney Civil Division
United States Attorney's Office Commercial Litigation Branch, Frauds Section
For the District of South Carolina United States Department of Justice
l44Main Street, Suite 500 Patrick Henry Building, Room 1204
Columbia, SC 601 D Street, N.W.
Fran.Trapp@usdoj.gov Washington,DC 20004
William. Edsarfôusdoi sov
.

California: I)elaware:
Kenneth J. Sugarman Edward Black
Deputy Attorney General Deputy Attorney General
California Department of Justice Delaware Office of the Attorney General
455 Golden Gate Ave., Ste. 11000 Carvel State Office Building
San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 820 North French Street, 6th Floor
Kenneth. Sugarman@doj .ca. gov Wilmington, Delaware 19801
edward.black@state.de.us
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District of Columbia: Florida:

Jane Drummey Russell Kent
Assistant Attorney General Special Counsel for Litigation
Public Advocacy Section Russell. kent@m)¡fl oridale gal.corn
Public lnterest Division William Foster
District of Columbia Office of the Attorney Wil I iam.foster@m)rfl ori dalegal.com
General Office of the Attorney General State of Florida
441 4th Street, N.W. The Capitol, PL-01
suite 650 N Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1050
Washington, DC 20001
i ane. drummev(ô.dc. sov
Georgia:
Dan Walsh
Senior Assistant Attorney General
Consumer Interests Section
Office of the Georgia Attorney General
40 Capitol Square, SW
Atlanta, GA 30334
DwalshlÐlaw.sa.sov
Hawaii: Illinois:
Michael Vincent MaliniRao
Supervising Deputy Attornelz General Assistant Attorney General
State of Hawaii Department of the Special Litigation Bureau
Attorney General Office of the Illinois Attorney General
425 Queen Street 100 W. Randolph St., 13th Floor
Honolulu, HI96813 Chicago,IL 60601
Michael. S.VincentlDhawaii. eov mraolôats.state.iLus
Indiana: Iowa:
David Paetzmann Jeffrey Thompson
Assistant Attorney General Deputy Attorney General
Office of the Indiana Attorney General Office of the Iowa Attorney General
302 W. Washington St., IGCS - 5th Floor 1305 E. Walnut Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204 Des Moines IA 50319
D av i d.o aetzman n làat s. i n. sov Je ffrev. th omn s onlô. i owa. sov
Massachusetts: Minnesota:
Justin Lowe Scott H. Ikeda
Assistant Attorney General Assistant Attorney General
Justin. lowe@state.rna. us Scott. ikeda@ag. state.mn.u s
Gillian Feiner Seth Dickey
Assistant Attorney General Assistant Attorney General
Gi llian.feiner@ state.rna.u s Seth.dickey@ag. state.mn.us
Office of the Attorney General Martha Coakley Minnesota Attorney General's Office
One Ashburton Place 1400 Bremer Tower
Boston, MA 02108-1598 445 Minnesota Street
St. Paul. MN 55101-2131
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Montana: Nevada:
Mike Black C. Wayne Howle
MBlack2@mt.gov Solicitor General
Kelly Hubbard Whowle@ag.nv.gov
Assistant Attorneys General Cassandra Joseph
Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General
P.O. Box 201401 CJoseph@ag.nv.gov
Helena, MT 59620-1401 State of Nevada Attorney General's Office
}ldBlack2@mt.gov 100 North Carson Street
KHubbard@mt.gov Carson City, NV 89701-4717

New Mexico: New York:

Seth T. Cohen Scott J. Spiegelman
Assistant Attorney General Acting Bureau Chief
Off,rce of Attorney General Gary King Scott. spiegelman@ag.ny. gov
P.O. Drawer 1508 Taxpayer Protection Bureau
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1508 Office of the New York Attorney General
scohen@nmag.gov 120 Broadway, 25th Floor
New York. New York 10271
North Carolina: Rhode Island:
Jennifer T. Howard Jim Lee
Assistant Attorney General Chief, Civil Division
jhoward@ncdoj.gov Rhode Island Department of Attorney General
B. Carrington Skinner [V 150 South Main Street
Assistant Attorney General Providence, RI 02903
Cskinner@ncdo.i.gov JLee@riag.ri.gov
North Carolina Department of Justice
900lMail Service Center
Raleish- NC 27699-9001
Tennessee: Virginia:
Lyndsay Sanders Wesley Russell, Jr.
Senior Counsel Deputy Attorney General
State of Tennessee Attorney General Office of the Attorney General
Consumer Advocate and Protection Division 900 East Main Street
P.O. Box 20207 Richmond, Virginia 23219
Nashville, TN 37202-0207 wrussell@oag.state.va.us
Lvndsav. SandersØas.tn. sov