Uppi LLC v. Cardinal Health, Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 23 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UPPI LLC, qui tam as Relator, No. 21-35905

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:17-cv-00378-RMP

and

MEMORANDUM*

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CARDINAL HEALTH, INC.; CARDINAL

HEALTH 414 LLC, DBA Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy Services; CARDINAL HEALTH 200 LLC; D'S VENTURES LLC, DBA Logmet Solutions LLC; CARING

HANDS HEALTH EQUIPMENT &

SUPPLIES LLC; OBIE B. BACON;

DEMAURICE SCOTT; OTHER

UNNAMED SMALL BUSINESS FRONT

COMPANIES; UNNAMED

INDIVIDUALS,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Rosanna Malouf Peterson, District Judge, Presiding

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Argued and Submitted August 9, 2022 Anchorage, Alaska

Before: S.R. THOMAS, McKEOWN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Relator UPPI LLC appeals from the district court’s order granting the

motions to dismiss Relator’s qui tam…