Emily Roe v. Stanford Health Care

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 15 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EMILY ROE, Relator; et al., No. 20-55874

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:17-cv-08726-DSF-AFM and

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; STATE MEMORANDUM*

OF CALIFORNIA,

Plaintiffs,

v.

STANFORD HEALTH CARE, FKA

Stanford Hospitals and Clinics; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Interested Party,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Submitted March 9, 2022** Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and MOLLOY,*** District Judge.

Emily Roe brought this False Claims Act (“FCA”) action, alleging that

Stanford Health Care and others engaged in fraudulent Medicare billing. The district

court dismissed Roe’s seconded amended complaint with prejudice, relying on…