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BATES v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM

No. 11-15894.

694 F.3d 1076 (2012)

Barrett BATES, State of California ex rel. Barrett R. Bates, qui tam plaintiff, on behalf of real parties in interest, Alameda County, et al., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INC.; Bank of America, NA; Bank of America, NA, fka Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.; Citimortgage, Inc.; GMAC Mortgage LLC; JPMorgan Chase Bank; Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Treva J. Hearne and Robert R. Hager , Hager & Hearne, Reno, NV, and Mark Mausert , Reno, NV, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas Hefferon and Joseph Yenouskas , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, Robert Padway , Robert James Esposito and Deborah Anne Goldfarb , Bryan Cave LLP, San Francisco, CA, and Robert M. Brochin , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Miami, FL, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD R. KORMAN, District Judge.

OPINION

CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Barrett R. Bates, a realtor, filed suit under the California False Claims Act ("CFCA"), Cal. Gov't Code §§ 12650-12655, against Defendants Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. ("MERS"), Bank of America, N.A., Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Citimortgage, Inc., GMAC Mortgage LLC,1 J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, and Wells Fargo, N.A...

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