Peterson

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

JUL 2 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RALPH PETERSON, M.D., No. 23-2911 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 3:21-cv-04908-WHO v.

MEMORANDUM*

SUTTER MEDICAL FOUNDATION;

SUTTER BAY HOSPITALS, DBA ALTA

BATES SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER;

EDEN MEDICAL CENTER; SUTTER

EAST BAY MEDICAL FOUNDATION;

NEIL STOLLMAN; ROD PERRY;

PHILLIP RICH; CATHY LOZANO;

KRISTINA LAWSON; HOWARD

KRAUSS; RANDY HAWKINS;

RICHARD FANTOZZI; HEDY CHANG;

DEV GNANEDEV; RONALD LEWIS;

LAURIE ROSE LUBIANO; ASIF

MAHMOOD; RICHARD THORP;

ESERICK WATKINS; FELIX YIP;

DENISE PINES; SHARON LEVINE;

EVELYN SCHIPSKE; JAMIE WRIGHT;

LINDA WHITNEY; SUTTER BAY

MEDICAL FOUNDATION; PHILIP RICH,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. William Horsley Orrick, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted June 6, 2025** San Francisco, California

Before: CALLAHAN and LEE, Circuit…