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U.S. v. CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST

No. 03-16937.

445 F.3d 1147 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Patricia Haight, ex rel. and in Defense of Animals, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST; Catholic Healthcare West Arizona; Michael Berens, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 19, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy L. Friedman, Law Office of Jeremy L. Friedman, Oakland, CA, for the appellants.

Lawrence A. Kasten, Lewis and Roca LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for the appellees.

Before: B. FLETCHER, JOHN R. GIBSON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Dr. Patricia Haight and the organization In Defense of Animals (collectively "Relators") appeal the dismissal of their complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the False Claims Act's "public disclosure" jurisdictional bar, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4). We reverse.

I.

Relators brought this qui tam action under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33, against Catholic Healthcare...

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