Still, the authorities here say they have by no means ended their investigation.
The settlement, he said, did not end his investigation of hospital vendors.
The request, the second in four months, comes just days before the grand jury is expected to end its investigation.
Joshua believes this to be the only way to force the Fringe team to end their investigation.
The announcement ended a criminal investigation that had dragged on for 14 months.
In September, 2010, the state ended its investigation, finding no identifiable cause for the cancer cluster.
Van Zyl ended his investigation without discovering why the fire started.
As part of the deal, federal officials ended their investigation declining to bring charges against Easley.
The agreement would end a three-year investigation into wrongdoing by Boeing employees.
Judge Dee soon comes under pressure from higher-ranking officials to end his investigation.