United States ex rel. Beauchamp v. Academi Training Center, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T. S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.

In this qui tarn action1 brought under the False Claims Act (“FCA”),2 the relators allege that defendant knowingly submitted false claims to the United States in connection with a United States Depart*829ment of State contract to provide security services in Afghanistan. As often occurs in FCA actions, defendant here seeks threshold dismissal, arguing (i) that the relators’ claims are jurisdictionally barred under 31 U.S.C. § 3730(b)(5) because they are the subject of an already pending FCA action, (ii) that the relators’ claims and allegations…