MENDIONDO v. CENTINELA HOSP. MEDICAL CENTER

No. 06-55981.

521 F.3d 1097 (2008)

Marie Bernadette MENDIONDO, a/k/a Seal 3, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CENTINELA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, a/k/a Seal A; Tenet Healthcare Corporation, aka Seal 3, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Serlin (briefed and argued), Douglas G. Benedon (briefed); Marcus A. Mancini (briefed), Sherman Oaks and Woodland Hills, CA, for the appellant.

Jennifer Blair (briefed); Susan S. Azad (briefed and argued), Los Angeles, CA, for the appellees.

Before: STEPHEN S. TROTT, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.


CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:

Marie Bernadette Mendiondo appeals from the district court's order dismissing her complaint. Mendiondo worked as a nurse at Centinela Hospital Medical Center ("CHMC") and alleged that, following her complaints regarding false billing and reimbursement practices and substandard patient care, she was wrongfully terminated in violation of the Federal False Claims Act ("FCA") (31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)), the California False Claims Act ("CFCA"...

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