U.S. EX REL. DEVLIN v. STATE OF CAL.

No. 93-16729.

84 F.3d 358 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. William DEVLIN; Stanley H. Sidicane; Rod Kodman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA; County of Mariposa; and Tom Archer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Devlin, Fresno, California; Stanley H. Sidicane, Opelika, Alabama; Rod Kodman, Merced, California, in pro per for plaintiffs-appellants.

Steven Wayne Dahlem, Mariposa, California; Theodore Garelis, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for defendants-appellees.

Before NORRIS, WIGGINS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

This is a qui tam action filed under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (1988), based upon allegations that the Social Services Department of Mariposa County ("SSD") has defrauded the United States government by inflating client statistics in order to qualify for increased federal funding under various federal programs. The district court dismissed the action for lack of subject...

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