013764P.pdf   01/28/2003  Pat Costner  v.  URS Consultants
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-3764
   Eastern District of Arkansas   
   Civil case - False Claims Act. District court did not err in 
   granting summary judgment on False Claims Act claims, as 
   plaintiff failed to produce evidence raising a genuine issue 
   of material fact as to whether the information allegedly 
   withheld from the EPA was even relevant to the agency's 
   decision to pay the contractor; further, the record established 
   that EPA was aware of the problems and that the contractor 
   worked closely with the EPA to resolve them, thus negating 
   the required scienter for a False Claims Act action; with 
   respect to certain claims that monitoring devices were tampered 
   with, plaintiff failed to plead those claims with the required 
   particularity, and the district court did not err in dismissing them.