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 DEFENDANT JAY A. ODOM’S 

MOTION TO DISMISS RELATOR’S AMENDED COMPLAINT AND 

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS

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

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

Amended Complaint, hereby adopts and joins in Defendant Jay A. Odom’s

(“Odom”) Motion to Dismiss Relator’s Amended Complaint and Memorandum in 

Support of Motion to Dismiss filed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), 

[ECF 55 and 56].

On February 26, 2020, Relator filed an Amended Complaint alleging that 

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

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

(“Florida FCA”). [ECF 33]. The allegations in the Amended Complaint are made 

against both Odom and the County and are based on the same set of facts. 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 [ECF 55 - 56], the County respectfully moves this court 

to dismiss Relator’s Amended Complaint as set forth in those documents.

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 28th day of September 2022, 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

JAMIE ANN YAVELBERG, ESQUIRE

SARA MCLEAN, ESQUIRE

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

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CHRISTOPHER A. KNIGHT

Assistant Attorney General

Department of Legal Affairs

PL-01, The Capitol

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1050

(850) 414-3300

Christopher.Knight@myfloridalegal.com

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

STATE OF FLORIDA

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AMELIA HALLENBERG BEARD, ESQUIRE

Moorhead Law Group

6757 Us Highway 98, Suite 102

Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 32459

(850) 608-0112

(850) 477-0982 (Fax)

abeard@moorheadlaw.com

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

ROBERT V. SMITH

ELIZABETH C. BILLHIMER, ESQUIRE

Clark Partington Hart

4100 Legendary Drive, Suite 200

Destin, Florida 32541

(850) 269-8853

(850) 650-3305 (Fax)

ebillhimer@clarkpartington.com

bgilman@clarkpartington.com

cbmoore@clarkpartington.com

fkendall@clarkpartington.com

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

ROBERT V. SMITH

MICHAEL JAMES SCHOFIELD, ESQUIRE

Clark Partington Hart

Post Office Box 13010

Pensacola, Florida 32591

(850) 434-9200

(850) 432-7340 Facsimile

mschofield@clarkpartington.com

ttorrez@cphlaw.com

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF

ROBERT V. SMITH

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A. BENJAMIN GORDON, III, ESQUIRE

Anchors Gordon, P.A.

2113 Lewis Turner Blvd., Suite 100

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

(850) 863-1974

(850) 863-1591 Facsimile

bgordon@anchorsgordon.com

cyndi@anchorsgordon.com

dzamora@anchorsgordon.com

jschlechter@anchorsgordon.com

kim@anchorsgordon.com

mary@anchorsgordon.com

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT

JAY A. ODOM

PETER J. KIRSCH, ESQUIRE

NATHANIEL H. HUNT, ESQUIRE

SARAH WILBANKS, ESQUIRE

Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell, LLP

1675 Broadway, Suite 2300

Denver, Colorado 80202

(303) 825-7000

(512) 791-9636

(720) 296-0076 (Fax)

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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