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TROTTER v. REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

No. 99-2109.

219 F.3d 1179 (2000)

Sharon G. TROTTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE REGENTS of the UNIVERSITY of NEW MEXICO; University of New Mexico School of Medicine; William L. Anderson, Ph.D., individually and in his capacity as Chair of the Committee on Student Promotions and Evaluations, University of New Mexico School of Medicine; Linda J. McGuffee, Ph.D., individually and in her capacity as Chair, Education Council, UNM School of Medicine; Samuel Scott Obenshain, MD, individually and in his capacity as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medicail Education, UNM School of Medicine; Richard E. Peck, individually and in his capacity as President of the University of New Mexico; Paul Roth, MD, individually and in his capacity as Dean, UNM School of Medicine, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Montoya, Montoya Law Offices, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Randolph B. Felker, Felker, Ish, Ritchie & Geer, P.A., Santa Fe, New Mexico, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TACHA, McWILLIAMS, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide whether public university officials who dismiss a medical student for inadequate academic performance are entitled to qualified immunity from suit for alleged violations of the student's due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. For reasons to be discussed, we answer yes and affirm the judgment of the district court1 dismissing plaintiff's claims.

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