Lutz

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 5 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT B. LUTZ, MD, MPH, a married No. 25-2242 man, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-00028-SAB Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. MEMORANDUM*

SPOKANE REGIONAL HEALTH

DISTRICT, a Washington State local public health agency,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Stanley Allen Bastian, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 26, 2026 Spokane, Washington

Before: SUNG, H.A. THOMAS, and MENDOZA, Circuit Judges.

Dr. Robert Lutz appeals the district court’s grant of partial summary

judgment to the Spokane Regional Health District (“SRHD”) on Lutz’s procedural

due process claim. We review a grant of partial summary judgment de novo. White

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. v. City of Sparks, 500 F.3d 953, 955 (9th Cir. 2007). We “must determine,…