Swift

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 SCOTT SWIFT, No. 2:20-cv-00731-MCE-DB Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CLEARCAPTIONS, LLC, Defendant.

Plaintiff Scott Swift (“Plaintiff”) originally initiated this False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et seq. (“FCA”), action as a relator on behalf of the United States of America alleging several claims directly under the FCA, including an FCA retaliation claim, along with claims for unjust enrichment and payment under mistake of fact. ECF No. 1. The United States declined to intervene, ECF No. 16, after which Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed, with the United States’ consent, all of the claims in which the United States maintained an interest, leaving only his retaliation claim for adjudication, ECF No. 31. Plaintiff then filed the now operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), alleging only one cause of action against Defendant ClearCaptions, LLC, (“Defendant”) for retaliation under the FCA, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h).…