United States of America v. 1850 Bryant Land LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Case No. 21-cv-05742-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS 1850 BRYANT LAND LLC, et al., 13 Defendants.

15 I. INTRODUCTION In the operative Third Amended Complaint (“TAC”), qui tam Relator Leiasa Beckham renews her averments of deceit in a local development project. After the First Amended Complaint was dismissed, Relator added further details of Defendants’ alleged scheme to induce local nonprofits to apply for state and federal government grants under false pretenses. Defendants have jointly filed a motion to dismiss, arguing the TAC still fails to state a viable claim under either the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) or its California analogue (the “CFCA”). For the reasons discussed below, the motion is denied. II. BACKGROUND1 As described previously, this case centers on a “secret backroom agreement”…