United States of America, Ex rel. Raju A.T. Dahlstrom et al v. Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington et al

  1. February 06, 2020

    Atty For Ex-Tribal Exec's 'Frivolous' FCA Suit Must Pay $10K

    A Washington federal judge on Wednesday stood behind an earlier decision to hand out sanctions amounting to more than $10,000 to an attorney who helped a former tribal health executive mount a "frivolous" False Claims Act case against the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe.

  2. October 10, 2019

    FCA Decision Tracker: Continued Interpretations Of Escobar

    More than three years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Escobar decision, courts continue to wrangle with how to interpret the ruling in False Claims Act suits, including in a spate of recent cases addressing two key questions the justices left open.

  3. August 30, 2019

    Tribe Officials Escape Former Exec's 'Meandering' FCA Suit

    A Washington federal judge has handed three Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe officials a win in a suit brought by a former tribal health executive, saying he couldn't show they defrauded the federal government or improperly fired him under the False Claims Act.

  4. June 07, 2019

    Ex-Health Exec Can't Show Firing Flouted FCA: Tribe Officials

    Three Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe officials urged a Washington federal judge Thursday to hand them a quick win in a suit brought by a former tribal health executive, saying he couldn't show they defrauded the federal government or improperly fired him under the False Claims Act.

  5. April 26, 2018

    Judge Strikes Down Discovery Motion In FCA Suit

    A federal judge on Thursday struck down a request by individuals being sued by a former Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe health executive in a False Claims Act suit to force the ex-employee to respond to certain discovery requests. 

  6. March 22, 2017

    Wash. Tribe Freed From Ex-Health Exec's FCA Allegations

    A federal judge Tuesday tossed False Claims Act allegations that a former health executive asserted against the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington, but let his claims against a health clinic and three individuals carry on.

  7. February 14, 2017

    Ex-Health Exec Blasts Tribe's Dismissal Bid In FCA Suit

    A former health executive of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington asked a federal judge Monday not to toss his False Claims Act suit against the tribe, saying that as a statute of general applicability, the act applies to the tribe in suits brought by or on behalf of the United States.

  8. February 01, 2017

    TRO Denied For Tribe Facing Ex-Heath Exec's FCA Suit

    A federal judge on Tuesday refused to issue a temporary restraining order against a former health executive of the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington who was allegedly engaged in a pattern of harassment toward those he is targeting in a False Claims Act suit, calling the tribe's TRO bid frivolous.

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