Sardie

United States v. Sardie

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115 F. App'x 398
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 14, 2004No. 03-56550California473 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Diane Giles, as relator for the United States, appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment for defendants in her qui tarn action alleging that the City of Los Angeles and several private contractors submitted false claims to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in violation of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (b). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo the district court’s summary judgment. United States ex rel. Alfred Aflatooni v. Kitsap Physicians Service, 314 F.3d 995, 1000 (9th Cir.2002). We review for abuse of discretion a district court’s denial of leave to proceed in forma pauper-is, Calhoun v. Stahl, 254 F.3d 845, 845 (9th Cir.2001), the district court’s dismissal of an action for failure to prosecute, Morris v. Morgan Stanley & Co., 942 F.2d 648, *399 650 (9th Cir.1991), and the district court’s decision to deny a motion for recusal. United States v. Wilkerson, 208 F.3d 794, 797 (9th Cir.2000). We affirm.

Summary judgment was proper on Giles’ claims against the City of Los Angeles, defendants Mitchell, Martinez, the Dixon defendants, and the Shackelford defendants, because she failed to raise a genuine…

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