Patkins

Filed 11/12/14 Patkins v. Brown CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

DAVID C. PATKINS, C073964

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. 06CS01729)

v.

DENISE D. BROWN, as Director, etc.,

Defendant and Respondent.

Petitioner David C. Patkins appeals the trial court’s denial of his petition for writ of mandate, contending respondent Denise D. Brown, Director of the Medical Board of California, (the Board) has a ministerial duty to “ ‘process,’ ” i.e., to “ ‘address, investigate, and give disposition’ ” to, his consumer complaint filed with the Board against Rebecca Piantini, M.D., for testimony she provided in Patkins’s criminal proceeding related to the death of his infant son. The Board…