GONZALEZ v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF LOS ANGELES

No. 12-56352.

759 F.3d 1112 (2014)

P. Victor GONZALEZ, Qui Tam Plaintiff, on behalf of the United States and State of California, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF LOS ANGELES; Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo, aka Seal B; Planned Parenthood Golden Gate; Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, aka Seal D; Planned Parenthood Riverside And San Diego Counties, Inc., aka Seal E; Planned Parenthood Orange and San Bernardino Counties, Inc., aka Seal F; Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley, Inc., aka Seal G; Planned Parenthood Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties, Inc., aka Seal H; Planned Parenthood Six Rivers, aka Seal I; Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, aka Seal J; Mary Jane Wagle, aka Seal K; Martha Swiller, aka Seal L; Kathy Kneer, aka Seal M, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Weber (argued), Jay Alan Sekulow , Stuart J. Roth & Tiffany N. Barrans , American Center for Law & Justice, Washington, D.C.; Jack M. Schuler & Sam D. Ekizian , Schuler, Brown & Ekizian, Van Nuys, CA; Edward L. White III , American Center for Law & Justice, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Matthew Donald Umhofer (argued) & Amy M. Hinkley , Spertus, Landes & Umhofer LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: RONALD M. GOULD and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., Chief District Judge.


OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

P. Victor Gonzalez, a former Chief Financial Officer of Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles, appeals from the dismissal of his qui tam action against Planned Parenthood, et al., ("Planned Parenthood") asserting claims under the False Claims Act ("FCA") and the California False Claims Act ("CFCA"). Gonzalez alleges that Planned Parenthood knowingly and falsely overbilled state and federal governments for contraceptives supplied...

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