UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

PENSACOLA DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex 

rel. ROBERT V. SMITH,

Qui Tam Plaintiff,

v.

JAY A. ODOM; OKALOOSA 

COUNTY, BOARD OF COUNTY 

COMMISSIONERS,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 3:20-cv-03678/MCR/EMT

OKALOOSA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ 

NOTICE OF ADOPTING AND JOINING MOTION TO DISMISS AND 

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT FILED BY DEFENDANT, JAY A. ODOM

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendant, Okaloosa County, Board of County 

Commissioners (“County”), in response to Relator Robert V. Smith’s (“Relator”) 

Complaint, hereby adopts and joins in the Motion to Dismiss and Memorandum in 

Support of Dismissal filed by Defendant, Jay A. Odom (“Odom”) pursuant to Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), Docket Entries [D.E.] 24 and 25. 

On February 26, 2020, Relator filed a Complaint alleging that Defendants

Odom and the County violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§3729, et seq., 

(“FCA”) and the Florida False Claims Act, Fla. Stat. §§68.081, et seq. (“Florida 

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FCA”). The allegations in the Complaint are made against both Odom and the 

County and are based on the same set of facts. As such, the arguments raised in 

Odom’s Motion to Dismiss and Memorandum of Law in Support of Dismissal apply 

equally to the County. 

For the reasons stated in Odom’s Motion to Dismiss and Memorandum of 

Law in Support of Dismissal [D.E. 24 – 25], the County respectfully moves this 

court to dismiss Relator’s Complaint. 

Respectfully submitted,

s/ Lynn M. Hoshihara

GREGORY T. STEWART

Florida Bar No. 203718

LYNN M. HOSHIHARA

Florida Bar No. 41194

KERRY A. PARSONS

Florida Bar No. 91919

Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A.

1500 Mahan Drive, Suite 200

Tallahassee, Florida 32308

(850) 224-4070

(850) 224-4073 (Facsimile)

gstewart@ngnlaw.com

lhoshihara@ngnlaw.com

kparsons@ngnlaw.com

legal-admin@ngnlaw.com

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

OKALOOSA COUNTY, BOARD 

OF COUNTY COMMISSONERS

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 15

th day of February 2021, I electronically 

filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system. I 

also certify that the foregoing document is being served this date on all counsel of 

record via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by the CM/ECF 

system to the following counsel of record:

DAVID M. SOBOTKIN, ESQUIRE

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Civil Division, Fraud Section

Post Office Box 261

Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

(202) 353-1291

David.m.sobotkin@usdoj.gov

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AMELIA HALLENBERG BEARD, ESQUIRE

Clark Partington

1414 County Hwy 283 South, Suite B

Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459

(850) 269-8860

abeard@clarkpartington.com

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

ROBERT V. SMITH

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ELIZABETH C. BILLHIMER, ESQUIRE

Clark Partington

4100 Legendary Drive, Suite 200

Destin, Florida 32541

(850) 650-3304

(850) 650-3305 Facsimile

ebillhimer@clarkpartington.com

wlemon@clarkpartington.com

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

ROBERT V. SMITH

MICHAEL JAMES SCHOFIELD, ESQUIRE

Clark Partington

Post Office Box 13010

Pensacola, Florida 32591

(850) 434-9200

(850) 432-7340 Facsimile

mschofield@cphlaw.com

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

ROBERT V. SMITH

A. BENJAMIN GORDON, III, ESQUIRE

AnchorsGordon, P.A.

2113 Lewis Turner Blvd., Suite 100

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

(850) 863-1974

(850) 863-1591 Facsimile

bgordon@anchorsgordon.com

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

JAY A. ODOM

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PETER J. KIRSCH, ESQUIRE

NATHANIEL H. HUNT, ESQUIRE

SARAH WILBANKS, ESQUIRE

Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell, LLP

1675 Broadway, Suite 2300

Denver, CO 80202

(303) 825-7000

(303) 825-7005 Facsimile

pkirsch@kaplankirsch.com

nhunt@kaplankirsch.com

swilbanks@kaplankirsch.com

CO-COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

JAY A. ODOM

s/ Lynn M. Hoshihara

LYNN M. HOSHIHARA

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