VINYARD v. KING

No. 80-1109.

655 F.2d 1016 (1981)

Edaleen VINYARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert J. KING, in his individual capacity and as Administrator of the Clinton Regional Hospital, Eph Monroe, Charles E. Engleman, Bud Miskel, Romney M. Chaffin, David Stratton, individually and in their official capacities as members of the Board of Directors of the Clinton Regional Hospital, State of Oklahoma, their servants, agents, representatives, assigns and successors, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Jones, Enid, Okl. (James Craig Dodd, Enid, Okl., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

H. Leonard Court, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Gary L. Betow, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on the brief), of Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellees.

Before BARRETT and LOGAN, Circuit Judges, and O'CONNOR, District Judge.


O'CONNOR, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that her due process rights were violated when her employment at Clinton Regional Hospital was terminated by defendants. Defendants include the hospital administrator and the members of the hospital board of directors. Upon motion by defendants, the district court abstained in accordance with the Pullman Doctrine stating that Oklahoma law was unclear with respect...

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