United States Ex Rel. Fried v. West Independent School District

SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

Relators Joseph Fried and Public Program Testing Organization challenge the district court’s dismissal of their qui tam action brought on behalf of the United States under the False Claims Act. We affirm.

FACTS

Joseph Fried, an Ohio resident and director of Public Program Testing Organization, identifies himself as a government-waste opponent. He is particularly concerned about fraud and waste in the Social Security System. Fried filed this False Claims Act qui tam suit against West Independent School District (“West ISD”) alleging that it had defrauded the Social…