Wagda

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex No. 2:19-cv-01057-JAM-AC rel. DONALD CLOYCE WAGDA, 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ v. MOTION TO DISMISS 14 AT&T CORP., a corporation, et al. Defendants. 17 I. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Donald Wagda (“Relator”) brought this action on behalf of the United States against AT&T Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Defendants”), after review of California’s Unclaimed Property Database indicated Defendants escheated federal property to the State under California’s Unclaimed Property Law (“UPL”). Compl. ¶¶ 11, 25-28, ECF No. 1. Relator alleges Defendants held 182 items of federal property with a total value of over $133,429.00, which they then escheated to the State. Id. ¶¶ 26, 27. Relator contends this was improper, and that rather than escheating the property to the State, Defendants should have returned the property to the United States. Id. ¶ 26. Relator…