BROWN v. RAWSON-NEAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSP.

No. 14-16458.

840 F.3d 1146 (2016)

James Flavy Coy BROWN, on behalf of himself and those similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RAWSON-NEAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL; Leon Ravin, M.D., individually and in his official capacity as Associate Medical Director; Anurag Gupta, M.D., individually; Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services; Chelsea Szklany, individually and in her official capacity as Administrator; Nevada Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance; Nevada Division of Health, Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services; Richard Whitley, in his official capacity as Administrator of the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, formerly Nevada Division of Health and the Nevada Division of Mental Health & Developmental Services; Nevada Department of Health and Human Services; Mike Willden, in his official capacity as Director; Linda J. White M.D., individually and in her official capacity as Statewide Psychiatric Medical Director of the State of Nevada; Kyle Devine, in his official capacity as Bureau Chief of the Nevada Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Merin (argued) and Paul H. Masuhara , Law Office of Mark E. Merin, Sacramento, California; Staci J. Pratt and Allen Lichtenstein , Allen Lichtenstein , Attorney at Law Ltd., Las Vegas, Nevada; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Linda C. Anderson (argued), Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Las Vegas, Nevada, for State Defendants-Appellees.

David P. Pruett (argued), Carroll Kelly Trotter Franzen McKenna & Peabody, Long Beach, California, for Defendant-Appellee Linda J. White, M.D.

Dissent by Judge Graber


OPINION

Appellant James Flavy Coy Brown appeals from the district court's judgment dismissing his state and federal claims against Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services, Chelsea Szklany, Mike Willden, Richard Whitely, Leon Ravin, M.D., Anurag Gupta, M.D., and Kyle Devine (the "State Defendants"), arising...

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