WAHI v. CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

No. 06-2162.

562 F.3d 599 (2009)

Rakesh WAHI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INCORPORATED, a West Virginia Corporation; Glenn Crotty; John Does I-X, Defendants-Appellees, and Jane Does I-X; Jamal Kahn; H. Rashid; K.C. Lee; Andrew Vaughn; John L. Chapman, Defendants. Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Incorporated, Amicus Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kenneth Winston Starr, Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, for Appellant. Richard D. Jones, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John C. Yoder, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, for Appellant. David S. Givens, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, P.L.L.C., Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellees. Andrew L. Schlafly, Far Hills, New Jersey, for Amicus Supporting Appellant.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge SMITH joined.


OPINION

AGEE, Circuit Judge:

Rakesh Wahi, M.D., appeals the district court's judgment dismissing his numerous state and federal claims brought against Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. ("CAMC") regarding the suspension of his medical privileges. The district court concluded most of Wahi's claims were barred because CAMC qualified for immunity from suit under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act ("HCQIA" or "the Act"), 42 U.S.C.A. § 11101, et...

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