PHILIPS v. PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSP.

Nos. 07-1986, 07-1996.

572 F.3d 176 (2009)

Sherif PHILIPS, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PITT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; Paul Bolin, M.D.; Ralph E. Whatley, M.D., Defendants-Appellees. Sherif Philips, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital; Sanjay Patel, M.D.; Paul Bolin, M.D.; Ralph E. Whatley, M.D.; Cynthia Brown, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Karin Marshall Zaner, Kane, Russell, Coleman & Logan, Dallas, Texas, for Appellant. Charles David Creech, Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Lisa M. Schreiner, Deborah N. Meyer, Meyer Law Offices, P.A., Cary, North Carolina, for Appellant. W. Gregory Merritt, Jay C. Salsman, Harris, Creech, Ward & Blackerby, New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge COPENHAVER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL joined.


OPINION

COPENHAVER, District Judge:

Dr. Sherif A. Philips instituted two civil actions challenging the suspension of his practice privileges at Pitt County Memorial Hospital ("the Hospital"). In addition to supplemental state law claims, he alleged violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based upon putative infringements of his Fourteenth Amendment due process rights surrounding the proceedings that resulted in his...

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