Braham v. Alameda County Superintendent of Schools

141 F. App'x 619

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: August 4, 2005
• Docket: No. 02-56780; D.C. No. CV-01-09193-JFW
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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School districts in California, including County Offices of Education, are state agencies. See Eaglesmith v. Ward, 73 F.3d 857, 860 (9th Cir.1995); Belanger v. Madera Unified Sch. Dist., 963 F.2d 248, 254 (9th Cir.1992). State agencies are not “persons” subject to qui tam liability under the False Claims Act. See 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a); Vt. Agency of Natural Res. v. United States ex rel. Stevens, 529 U.S. 765, 787-88, 120 S.Ct. 1858, 146 L.Ed.2d 836 (2000). Accordingly, the district court properly dismissed the claims.

AFFIRMED.

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