Raizel Blumberger v. Ian Tilley

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RAIZEL BLUMBERGER, No. 22-56032

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:22-cv-06066-

FLA-JC

IAN B. TILLEY, M.D.,

Defendant-Appellant, OPINION

and

CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL

MEDICAL CENTER; DIGNITY

HEALTH; DOES, 1 through 6 and 7 through 50,

Defendants,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Movant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 14, 2023 Pasadena, California

Filed September 9, 2024

Before: Barrington D. Parker, Jr.,* Jay S. Bybee, and Roopali H. Desai, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bybee; Partial Dissent by Judge Desai

SUMMARY **

Removal / Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act

The panel (1) vacated the district court’s order remanding Raizel Blumberger’s medical malpractice suit against Dr. Ian Tilley to state court; (2) reversed the district court’s conclusion that the Attorney General satisfied its advice requirement obligations to the state court under the

* The Honorable Barrington D.…