City of San Diego v. Invitation Homes, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 CITY OF SAN DIEGO, et al., Case No.: 22-cv-260-L-MDD
Plaintiff-Relators,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S
v. MOTION TO DISMISS THE FIRST
AMENDED COMPLAINT
INVITATION HOMES, INC.,
Defendant. [ECF No. 10]
Pending before the Court is Defendant’s motion to dismiss the first amended complaint. (ECF No. 10.) The Court decides the matter on the papers submitted and without oral argument. See Civ. L.R. 7.1(d.1). For the reasons stated below, Defendant’s motion to dismiss is denied. I. BACKGROUND Qui tam plaintiff Blackbird Special Project, LLC1 (“Relator”) brings this false claims action on behalf of eighteen municipalities in California and Roes 1 through 250 25 26 1 The investigation leading up to this case was started by Deckard Technologies, Inc., which then transferred the investigation in March of 2020 to Blackbird Technologies, LLC, a spin-off of Deckard. 28 (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) against…