JOHNSON v. RIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, LP

No. 06-55280.

516 F.3d 759 (2008)

Christopher Lynn JOHNSON, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RIVERSIDE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, LP, a California limited partnership, d/b/a Riverside Community Hospital; Riverside Healthcare System, LLC, a California limited liability corporation; Columbia/HCA Western Group, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, doing business in California; Medical Staff of Riverside Community Hospital, a California unincorporated association; Robert Duncanson, M.D.; Libby. Martin; Barbara Marshall; Gay Dickinson; Patricia Lemmle; Earl Tate; Michael Rawlings, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale L. Gronemeier, Gronemeier & Associates, P.C., South Pasadena, CA, argued the cause for the plaintiff-appellant, and filed briefs.

James L. Payne, Payne & Fears LLP, Irvine, CA, argued the cause for the defendants-appellees, and filed a brief; Laura Fleming, Payne & Fears LLP, Irvine, CA, and Tami Smason, Foley & Lardner LLP, Los Angeles, CA, were on the brief.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL W. MOSMAN, District Judge.


O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We are called upon to decide whether a physician who asserts that he was discriminated against (based on his race, sexual orientation, and perceived disability) by doctors and nurses at the hospital where he treated patients can establish civil rights claims under federal and state law.

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A

Christopher Lynn Johnson worked as a physician at the Riverside Community Hospital...

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