Judge Boots Suit Against Tribal Defendants, Slams Plaintiff’s ‘Scurrilous’ Conduct

Mealey's (September 4, 2019, 8:43 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge on Aug. 29 awarded summary judgment to the remaining individual defendants on a former employee’s qui tam false claims lawsuit against tribal health clinic officials and then slapped the ex-worker with sanctions and directed his attorney to show cause why he should not be sanctioned as well for the suit’s “scurrilous and unsupported statements” (United States, ex rel. Raju Dahlstrom v. Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington, et al., No. 2:16-cv-52, W.D. Wash., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147714)....