ATTWOOD v. MENDOCINO COAST DIST. HOSP.

No. 88-2776.

886 F.2d 241 (1989)

Dort ATTWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MENDOCINO COAST DISTRICT HOSPITAL, a Public Local Hospital District; Dorel Freeman, an Individual; Bud T. D'Arezzo, an Individual; Morris Boynoff, an Individual; Dan Belli, an Individual; Elizabeth Irwin, an Individual; R. Camille Ranker Hathaway, an Individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah S. Ballati, C. Brandon Wisoff, Farella, Braun & Martel, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

David C. Culver, Corbett & Kane, Emeryville, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WALLACE and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and DWYER, District Judge.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Attwood appeals from the district court's dismissal of her action arising from her termination by Mendocino Coast District Hospital (the Hospital). Relying on Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 96 S.Ct. 1236, 47 L.Ed.2d 483 (1976) (Colorado River), the district court declined to exercise its jurisdiction because of ongoing duplicative state court litigation...

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