No. 13-1099 ___________________________

United States of America, ex rel. Michael Dunn

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

North Memorial Health Care; North Memorial Medical Center

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis ____________

Submitted: October 24, 2013 Filed: January 9, 2014 ____________ Before LOKEN, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Michael Dunn brought a qui tam action against North Memorial Health Care and North Memorial Medical Center (collectively referred to as North Memorial),1

1 North Memorial Health Care is a medical center and full-service health care provider with its primary hospital, North Memoria