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NESBITT v. CANDLER COUNTY

No. 18-14484.

945 F.3d 1355 (2020)

Jamie NESBITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CANDLER COUNTY, Georgia, d.b.a. Candler County Ambulance Service, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 3, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony C. Lake , Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, Thomas A. Withers , Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC, SAVANNAH, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kenneth Duncan Crowder , Edmund A. Booth, Jr. , David M. Stewart , Crowder Stewart, LLP, AUGUSTA, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, BRANCH, and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

This case turns on what Congress meant when it said "because of" in the antiretaliation provision of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)(1). When we interpret the text of a statute, "we must presume that Congress said what it meant and meant what it said." United States v. Steele,

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