United States v. Coloplast Corp.

RYA W. ZOBEL, SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

*360Defendant Shield California Health Care Center, Inc. ("Shield"), moves pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c) for judgment on the pleadings. See Docket # 302. It argues that plaintiff-relators' action should be dismissed under the False Claims Act's ("FCA") "government action bar," 31 U.S.C. § 3130(e)(3), and the analogous provision of California's FCA statute, Cal. Gov't Code § 12652(d).1

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Following are the notable procedural events of this case and the relevant facts contained in the pleadings, which I view in the…