Evans

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and No. 2:15-cv-00619-MCE-CKD THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. TAMARA EVANS, Plaintiff/Relator, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTER

GOVERNMENTAL TRAINING AND

DEVELOPMENT CENTER, and DOES 1-10, 17 Defendants.

19 On March 19, 2015, Relator Tamara Evans (“Relator”) initiated this qui tam action on behalf of the United States and the State of California, alleging that Defendant Southern California Intergovernmental Training and Development Center (“Defendant” or “RTC”),1 violated the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. (“FCA”) by submitting false invoices for training classes RTC provided to California peace officers in accordance with the federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994, 108 Stat. 1941-42 (“VAWA”). Relator also claims that RTC did not provide supporting documentation for its 27 1 Defendant was formerly known as the San Diego Regional Training Center and did business under that title, and still uses the moniker…