U.S. EX REL. BROOKS v. ORMSBY

No. 17-50080 Summary Calendar.

869 F.3d 356 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, EX REL., James BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Jeffery ORMSBY; 30 John/Jane Does, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Brooks, Pro se.

Jack Kenneth Whitehead, Jr., Esq. , Whitehead Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, Kent M. Adams, Esq. , Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WIENER, DENNIS, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff-Appellant, James Brooks, a non-lawyer proceeding pro se, filed this False Claims Act suit against Defendants-Appellees, in his capacity of relator for the United States. The United States declined to intervene as a "party," leaving it as "a real party in interest."

The district court dismissed this...

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