Filed March 30, 2012
It is this nation's central bank, performing a vital governmental role. . . . As an agency of the federal government the Federal Reserve System may not be sued under the Sherman Act. Jet Courier Services, Inc. v. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 713 F.2d 1221, 1228 (6th Cir. 1983). See also Federal Reserve Bank of Boston v. Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, supra, 499 F.2d at 62 (the Federal Reserve enjoys sovereign immunity for purposes of state taxation); Berini v. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 420 F.Supp.2d 1021, 1023-24 (E.D. Mo. 2005) (Federal Reserve was a federal government instrumentality such that its employee benefit plans were government plans exempt from ERISA) 16 Case 4:12-cv-00129-HFS Document 4 Filed 03/30/12 Page 16 of 20 V. Carter may not maintain a qui tam action under the FCA as a pro se litigant.