96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3686, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6016 United States of America, Ex Rel. William Devlin Stanley H. Sidicane Rod Kodman v. State of California County of Mariposa and Tom Archer

84 F.3d 358 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3686 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6016 UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. William DEVLIN; Stanley H. Sidicane; Rod Kodman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA; County of Mariposa; and Tom Archer, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-16729. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 15, 1995. Decided May 24, 1996. William Devlin, Fresno, California; Stanley H. Sidicane, Opelika, Alabama; Rod Kodman, Merced, California, in pro per for plaintiffs-appellants. Steven Wayne Dahlem, Mariposa, California; Theodore Garelis, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Robert E. Coyle, District Judge, Presiding. Before NORRIS, WIGGINS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. OPINION WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 This is a qui tam action filed under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (1988), based upon allegations that the Social Services Department of Mariposa County ("SSD") has defrauded the United States government by inflating client statistics in order to qualify for increased federal…