SIMPKINS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT

No. 94-5243.

108 F.3d 366 (1997)

Cuthbert O. SIMPKINS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Coburn, Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs, for appellant.

Fred E. Haynes, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant U.S. Attorney. John D. Bates, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, Washington, DC, entered appearances.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, GINSBURG and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

The District of Columbia General Hospital filed a report of "adverse action" with the federally-run National Practitioners Data Bank regarding Cuthbert O. Simpkins, M.D., a doctor who had worked at the hospital. The report said Dr. Simpkins resigned his staff privileges at the hospital during a review of the quality of care he had been...

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