USC

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

OCT 31 2016

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES ex rel. JULIA No. 14-56816

ZEMAN,

D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellant, 2:11-cv-05755-DDP-MRW

and

MEMORANDUM*

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN

CALIFORNIA, DBA USC University Hospital,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 21, 2016 Pasadena, California

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Before: TALLMAN, PARKER,** and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Julia Zeman appeals the district court’s order dismissing with prejudice her

qui tam action alleging claims under the False Claims Act against the University of

Southern California, d/b/a USC University Hospital (“USC”). Zeman alleges that

USC was “double billing” for overhead costs and, therefore, was presenting false

or fraudulent claims to Medicare. The government…