Los Angeles County v. Thomas Shepos

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SOUTHERN DIVISION 11 THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) Case No.: CV 19-01773-CJC (MAAx) 12 ) THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, and ) 13 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ex rel. KAREN GLUCK, ) THIS CASE SHOULD NOT BE 14 ) DISMISSED FOR LACK OF ) FEDERAL JURISDICTION AND 15 ) DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE Plaintiffs, ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES’ 16 ) MOTION TO DISMISS AND STRIKE v. ) [Dkt. 195] AND DEFENDANT ARMAN 17 ) GABAEE’S MOTION TO DISMISS THOMAS SHEPOS, et al., ) [Dkt. 206] 18 ) ) 19 ) Defendants. ) 20 ) 21 22 This case concerns allegedly false claims submitted to governments in association 23 with Relator Karen Gluck’s ex-husband Thomas Shepos’ wide-ranging bribery and 24 kickback scheme when he was a Los…