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BLEVINS v. AKSUT

No. 16-11585.

849 F.3d 1016 (2017)

Elizabeth BLEVINS, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Seydi V. AKSUT, M.D., Selma Heart Institute, PC, Vaughan Region Medical Center, LLC, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., LifePoint RC, Inc., LifePoint CSGP, LLC, Baptist Medical Center South, Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 1, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg William Foster , Foster Law Firm, PC, Birmingham, AL, Joshua P. Hayes , Prince Glover & Hayes, PC, Tuscaloosa, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Allen C. King , Michael Kevin Wright , Birmingham, AL, John Peter Crook McCall , Mobile, AL, Starnes Davis Florie, LLP, for Defendant-Appellee Seydi Vakkas Aksut.

Walter Jasper Price, III , David L. Brown, Jr. , H. Cannon Lawley , Huie Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Lon Stuart Hays , Brandon Marshall Howell , B. Todd Thompson , Thompson Miller & Simpson PLC, Louisville, KY, for Defendant-Appellee Vaughan Regional Medical Center, LLC.

Clarence James Gideon, Jr. , Alan S. Bean , Justin Blake Carter , Gideon Cooper & Essary, PLC, Nashville, TN, Rickman E. Williams, III , Pitts Williams & Jones, Selma, AL, for Defendants-Appellees Life-Point Hospitals, Inc., LifePoint RC, Inc., LifePoint CSGP, LLC.

Lewis Peyton Chapman, III , Amanda C. Hines , Rushton Stakely Johnston & Garrett, PA, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Appellee Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc.

James E. Williams , James Flynn Mozingo , Melton Espy & Williams, PC, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Appellee Baptist Health.

Before WILSON and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges, and HALL, District Judge.

This case arises out of Defendant Doctor Seydi V. Aksut's alleged performance of unnecessary heart procedures. Two issues are on appeal. First, we must decide whether the Class Action Fairness Act's ("CAFA") local-controversy provision, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(4), precluded the district court from exercising federal-question...

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