GASHGAI v. LEIBOWITZ

No. 82-1790.

703 F.2d 10 (1983)

Abdollah GASHGAI, M.D., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Rayna LEIBOWITZ, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Michael Banks, with whom Julian Tepper, Gerald P. McCartin, and Tepper & Edmundson, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

John P. Doyle, Jr., with whom John J. Flaherty, Christopher D. Nyhan, and Preti, Flaherty & Beliveau, Portland, Me., were on brief, for defendants, appellees VanPelt and Williams.

William C. Nugent, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Augusta, Me., was on brief, for Rayna Leibowitz, et al.

M. Roberts Hunt, James M. Bowie, and Hunt, Thompson & Bowie, Portland, Me., on brief, for defendant, appellee Trembly.

Peter DeTroy, and Norman & Hanson, Portland, Me., on brief, for defendant, appellee McGuire.

Charles L. Cragin, and Verrill & Dana, Portland, Me., on brief, for appellee Maine Medical Association.

Michael J. LaTorre, Jon R. Doyle, and Doyle, Fuller & Nelson, Augusta, Me., on brief, for defendant, appellee Henry J. Wheelwright, M.D.

Michael D. Seitzinger, and Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, Me., on brief, for defendant, appellee Jean Paul Nadeau, M.D.

Before ALDRICH and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and ZOBEL, District Judge.


ZOBEL, District Judge.

Appellant, a physician who was practicing in Maine during the relevant period, was the subject of professional disciplinary proceedings in which appellees participated to varying degrees. He appeals from a ruling of the District Court dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action on statute of limitations grounds. We concur with the District Court and affirm its decision.

The facts, as stated in appellant's amended complaint, are as follows...

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