U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2017

James Murphy v. Nita Goss

James Murphy v. Nita Goss
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided July 11, 2017 · Tashima, Gould, Rawlinson
693 F. App'x 636

James Murphy v. Nita Goss

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Dr. James Murphy appeals a district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants Nita Goss, W. Kent *637 Williamson, and Kathleen Haley on Murphy’s due process and equal protection claims. Dr. Murphy contends that Defendants knowingly made a false statement when reporting Dr. Murphy’s discipline by the Oregon Medical Board to the National Practitioner Data Bank (Data Bank). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

The district court did not err in concluding that Defendants are immune from liability under 42 U.S.C. § 11137(c). The record contains no evidence that Defendants knew that any information Goss submitted to the Data Bank in relation to Dr. Murphy’s discipline was false.

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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