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U.S. EX REL. OWENS v. FIRST KUWAITI GEN. TRADING

No. 09-1899.

612 F.3d 724 (2010)

UNITED STATES ex rel. John OWENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRST KUWAITI GENERAL TRADING & CONTRACTING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 16, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Victor Aronoff Kubli, Kubli & Associates, PC, Vienna, Virginia, for Appellant. Andy Liu, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Christian L. Simpson, Kubli & Associates, PC, Vienna, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard L. Beizer, David W. O'Brien, Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge WILSON joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Relator John Owens brought this qui tam suit under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq., against First Kuwaiti construction firm, his former employer. He alleged that the firm billed falsely for deficient work in connection with construction of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and that it retaliated against him for actions taken in furtherance of his FCA contentions. The district court granted...

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