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ROTELLA v. WOOD

No. 97-11279, Summary Calendar.

147 F.3d 438 (1998)

Mark ROTELLA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Angela M. WOOD, MD, et al., Defendants, Angela M. Wood, MD; Gary Lee Etter, MD PA; William M. Pederson, MD; Grover Lawlis, MD; David R. Baker, MD; Larrie W. Arnold, MD; Fred L. Griffin, MD; Leslie H. Secrest, MD; John M. Zimburean, MD; Bradford M. Goff, MD; Dallas Psychiatric Associates; David R. Baker, MD PA; Larrie W. Arnold, MD PA; Leslie H. Secrest, MD PA; William M. Pederson, MD PA; Fred L. Griffin, MD PA; Bradford M. Goff, MD PA; Grover Lawlis, MD PA; Angela M. Wood, MD PA; John M. Zimburean, MD PA; Gary Lee Etter, MD, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Hampton Dubose, Richard Phillips Hogan, Jr., Holman, Hogan, Dubose & Townsend, Richard Warren Mithoff, Mithoff & Jacks, Houston, TX, Robert Franklin Andrews, Andrews & Cirkiel, Fort Worth, TX, for Rotella.

Debora M. Alsup, Julie Caruthers Parsley, Thompson & Knight, Austin, TX, Jane Politz Brandt, John H. Martin, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX, for Wood and Etter.

Tom B. Renfro, Joseph F. Cleveland, McLean & Sanders, Fort Worth, TX, for Pederson, Baker, Arnold, Griffin, Secrest, Zimburean, Goff and Dallas Psychiatric Associates.

Charles T. Frazier, Jr., Andrea M. Kuntzman, Gregory Joseph Lensing, Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, TX, for Lawlis.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Mark Rotella sued a group of doctors and their related business entities under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68, for improperly conspiring to admit, treat, and retain him at Brookhaven Psychiatric Pavilion for reasons related to their own financial interests rather than the patient's psychiatric condition. The defendants moved for summary judgment based on the statute...

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