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DAVILA-LOPES v. ZAPATA

No. 96-1409.

111 F.3d 192 (1997)

Juan A. DAVILA-LOPES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Jose Soler ZAPATA, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1997.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guillermo Ramos Luina, for appellant.

Sigfredo Rodriguez-Isaac, Assistant Solicitor General, Department of Justice, with whom Carlos Lugo Fiol, Solicitor General, and Edda Serrano Blasini, Assistant Solicitor General, were on brief, for Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Eli B. Arroyo, San Juan, PR, for appellees Ausberto Alejandro Benitez, Jose M. Dalmasy Montalvo and Edgar Belmonte.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by a physician from a judgment dismissing his § 1983 complaint against officials of a Puerto Rico regional hospital who rejected his initial application for limited courtesy privileges without explanation or hearing, in violation of hospital bylaws. It raises the interesting question whether the hospital's detailed set of procedural regulations created a property interest entitling appellant to procedural due process...

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