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United States ex rel. Ruotsinoja v. Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided May 19, 2014No. Civil Action No. 12-cv-00269-RBJ-MJWPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
R. Brooke Jackson, United States District Judge
Before the Court is a motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) filed by defendant, the Board of Governors of Colorado State University (“the Board”). The case arises under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3730, and therefore the Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331. The Court concludes that the Board is an “arm-of-the-state” immune from qui tam lawsuits where the United States has declined to intervene and therefore grants the…
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