US Ex Rel. Cericola v. FEDERAL NAT. MORTG.
Opinion
Opinion
Arthur R. Loevy, Jonathan I. Loevy, Mike Kanovitz, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, Brian P. McCafferty, Katherine B. Bornstein, Provost & Umphrey, Philadelphia, PA, Mark Allen Kleiman, Mark A. Kleiman. Law Offices, Santa Monica, CA, Frank D. Kortum, Assistant U.S. Attorney LA, Office of U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, Dee Lord, Dodge Wells, Joyce R. Branda, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Relator.
Aaron Gregory Murphy, Daniel R. Seltzer, David J. Schindler, Terri Lea Lilley, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, MOTION TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF THE FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT
GARY ALLEN FEESS, District Judge.
This is the second of two motions to dismiss brought by Defendant Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"). On November 27, 2007, the Court denied Fannie Mae's motion to dismiss the Fourth Amended Complaint ("FAC") for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In the present motion, Fannie Mae moves to dismiss the FAC for failure to plead fraud with particularity as required by Rule 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Fannie Mae…