United States Ninth Circuit

The dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging that defendant violated the False Claims Act (FCA) and the California False Claims Act by knowingly and falsely overbilling state and federal governments for contraceptives supplied to low income individuals is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff's third amended complaint did not state a plausible claim that defendant knowingly made false claims with the statutory scienter, as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a); 2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the plaintiff further leave to amend his complaint; and 3) the state law claims were barred by the three-year statute of limitations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/22/2014
• Published 07/22/2014

Judges

• GOULD

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel