U.S. EX REL. SANDAGER v. DELL MARKETING, L.P.

Civil No. 08-4805 (PAM/TNL).

872 F.Supp.2d 801 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Bryan SANDAGER, Plaintiff, v. DELL MARKETING, L.P.; Vion Corporation; ImmixTechnology, Inc.; Government Acquisitions, Inc.; Emtec Federal, Inc.; Force 3, Inc.; Unistar-Sparco Computers, Inc.; Lyme Computer Systems, Inc.; Insight Public Sector, Inc.; Red River Computer Company; MA Federal, Inc.; Promark Technology, Inc.; Word Wide Technology, Inc.; AC Technology, Inc.; A & T Marketing, Inc., d/b/a A & T Networks; PC Specialists, Inc. a/k/a Technology Integration Group; PC Mall Gov, Inc.; and Commercial Data Systems, Inc.; Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

April 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Gerald Wilhelm , United States Attorney's Office, Charles A. Horowitz , Marshall H. Tanick , Seymour J. Mansfield , Mansfield Tanick & Cohen, PA, Christopher L. Lynch , Meghan M. Elliott , Richard Ihrig , Kelly G. Laudon , Jonathan M. Bye , Lindquist & Vennum, Thomas B. Heffelfinger , Best & Flanagan LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Jean B. Roth , Florida, FL, for Plaintiff.

Brian R. Stimson , Jeffrey A. Belkin , William H. Jordan , Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, Daniel J. Cragg , Jeff H. Eckland , Mark J. Blando , Eckland & Blando, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, John A. Howard , Alston & Bird LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants Dell Marketing LP, Insight Public Sector, Inc., PC Specialists, Inc., and PC Mall Gov, Inc.

Anne W. Robinson , David R. Hazelton , Kyle R. Jefcoat , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, Andrew W. Davis , Leonard Street and Deinard, PA, Minneapolis, MN, Douglas R. Peterson , Leonard Street and Deinard, Mankato, MN, for Defendant Vion Corporation.

Christopher M. Loveland , Jonathan S. Aronie , Sheppard Mullin, Washington, DC, David J. Wallace-Jackson , John W. Ursu , Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants Immix Technology, Inc., Emtec Federal, Inc., and Unistar-Sparco Computers, Inc.

Barbara P. Berens , Justi R. Miller , Berens & Miller, PA, Minneapolis, MN, John M. Murdock , Benton Potter & Murdock PC, Falls Church, VA, Kathy C. Potter , Benton Potter & Murdock PC, Washington, DC, for Defendant Government Acquisitions, Inc.

Elisabeth Leigh Shu , Jessica C. Abrahams , Timothy K. Halloran , McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Washington, DC, Jonathan A. Strauss , Sonia L. Miller-Van Oort , Sapientia Law Group, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant, Force 3, Inc.

Barney L. Brannen , Brannen Dunn & Stewart, Lyme, NH, Christopher M. Daniels , Jesse H. Kibort , Daniels & Wymore, PLLC, Plymouth, MN, for Defendant Lyme Computer Systems, Inc.

Amy K. Sterner , Heather M. McCann , William R. Stoeri , Andrew B. Brantingham , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, William Michael, Jr. , Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Red River Computer Company.

Christopher R. Morris , Bassford Remele, PA, Minneapolis, MN, John Y. Lee , Gordon Feinblatt LLC, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant Marzik, Inc.

Jason Charles Rose , Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD, Scott A. Smith , Nilan Johnson Lewis PA, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant Promark Technology, Inc.

David L. Lillehaug , Kevin C. Riach , Fredrikson & Byron PA, Minneapolis, MN, Robert T. Ebert, Jr. , Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant World Wide Technology, Inc.

David D. Leishman , McGuire Woods LLP, Chicago, IL, Maurice A. Bellan , McGuire Woods LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant A&T Marketing, Inc.

Paula Weseman Theisen , Meagher & Geer, PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant Commercial Data Systems, Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PAUL A. MAGNUSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on nine separate Motions to Dismiss filed by all Defendants. For the reasons that follow, the Motions are granted.

BACKGROUND

A. Factual

This is a qui tarn action brought by Relator Bryan Sandager. Sandager has worked as a corporate compliance officer in the computer technology field since 1988...

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