Baxter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 23-cv-00336-WHO

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. DISMISS THE SECOND AMENDED

COMPLAINT

KAREN BAXTER, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 56 Defendants.

Plaintiff Relator LLC (“Relator”) is a limited liability company whose members are small business owners and taxpayers, formed with the express purpose of identifying corporations who have needlessly and illegally profited from government guaranteed loans that were available as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It filed this lawsuit against Santa Lucia Preserve Company (“SLPC”), SLPC’s Chief Executive Officer and board chair Karen Baxter, SLPC’s former Chief Financial Officer Andrew Simer, and 10 Doe defendants (together “defendants”), alleging that they violated the False Claims Act because SLPC was ineligible for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP loans”) in light of its ownership or control of two private clubs. Defendants move to dismiss Relator’s…