United States of America v. 1850 Bryant Land LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Case No. 21-cv-05742-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND DENYING MOTION 1850 BRYANT LAND LLC, et al., FOR SANCTIONS 13 Defendants.

15 I. INTRODUCTION This suit avers dishonest dealings in a local development project. In the operative First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), qui tam Relator Leiasa Beckham describes a fraudulent scheme under which two development companies and their employees worked in concert with the City and County of San Francisco and its associated community investment fund to induce nonprofits to apply for government grants based on false premises. These actions, Beckham argues, violated the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) and its California analogue. Pending here are two motions to dismiss (brought by two different groups of defendants) and a motion for Rule 11 sanctions against Beckham. These motions…