Yoonessi
Yoonessi v. Albany Medical Center
Opinion
Opinion
Collins, J.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
Pending before the Court is a Motion to Dismiss filed by Ronald Joseph, Ronald Wender, Jane Zak Simon, and the Medical Board of California (collectively, “Defendants”). The Motion came on regularly for hearing before the Court on January 10, 2005. Upon consideration of the parties’ submissions, the arguments of counsel and plaintiff, and the case file, the Court hereby GRANTS Defendants’ Motion.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff alleges that Defendants committed fraud in revoking his license to practice medicine in California. Plaintiff, a board certified obstetrician, was licensed by the Medical Board of California to practice hiedicine in California. Defendants Joseph and Wender are members of the Medical Board of California. They both served on thé Board when it revoked Plaintiffs license to practice in California. Defendant Simon is- a Deputy Attorney General. She represented the Board when Plaintiff later challenged the Board’s initial decision to revoke his license in California state court.
In revoking Plaintiffs license, the Medical Board of California relied, in part, on the prior findings of the New York State Board for…