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Melchor Karl T. Limpin v. Gavin Newsom, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 23-4287 · judgment January 23, 2025


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025

Question presented

TO THE COURT Matters of public interest of nationwide importance 1. Whether federal funds for Medicaid (42 U.S.C. § 1396b) were swindled to subsidize California Senate Bill No. 184 (2021-2022 Reg. Sess.); Stats. 2022, ch. 47, § 82) (Welfare & Institutions Code § 14007.8), which provided health coverage through the state’s Medicaid or Medi-Cal to undocumented foreigners of “all ages without satisfactory immigration status,” that deceitfully provided health benefits to illegal immigrants working in California without federal work permits and filing tax returns to qualify for Medicaid, alleged as a scam because numerous large business enterprises benefited to the detriment of public funds that subsidized their costs to provide health coverage to their full-time employees under the Employer Mandate 26 U.S.C. § 4980H (Shared responsibility for employers regarding health coverage) engaged with racketeering activity for illegal harboring and exploitation of illegal immigrants without federal work permits for cheap labor with wages less than the state’s minimum wage law, 18 U.S.C. § 1961(1) subd. F (harboring certain aliens for financial gains) and thus, petitioner Limpin brought forth a private action for conspiracy to commit Federal Medicaid fraud under the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.) for the same course of conduct to conspiracy to engage with racketeering activity under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act (18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq.) against an assortment of defendants: (1) Governor Gavin Newsom in his personal capacity, owns several vineyards in California for conflict of interest having financial interest used public funds for

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Melchor Karl T. Limpin

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 31 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Apr 16 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 16, 2025)