United States of America v. Tetra Tech EC, Inc.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 UNITED STATES ex rel. JAHR et al., Case No. 13-cv-03835-JD

8 Plaintiff,

OMNIBUS ORDER RE MOTIONS TO

9 v. DISMISS, STRIKE AND AMEND

10 TETRA TECH EC, INC. et al., Defendants. 11

12 UNITED STATES ex rel. SMITH, Case No. 16-cv-01106-JD

13 Plaintiff,

v. 14

15 TETRA TECH EC, INC. et al., Defendants. 16 17 UNITED STATES ex rel. WADSWORTH Case No. 16-cv-01107-JD et al., 18 Plaintiff,

19 v. 20 TETRA TECH EC, INC. et al., 21 Defendants.

22 23 The pending motions in these related False Claims Act (FCA) cases are resolved as 24 follows. The parties’ familiarity with the facts and record is assumed. 25

I. MOTIONS TO DISMISS RELATORS’ COMBINED THIRD AMENDED

COMPLAINT

26 27 The Court dismissed the relators’ Combined Second Amended Complaint (CSAC) in its 1 allegations pursuant to the first-to-file bar and public disclosure bar in the False Claims Act 2 (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3730. See Dkt. No. 283.1 Relator Anthony Smith and the Wadsworth relators 3 (Donald K.…