Sam Jones v. Deaconess Billings Clinic

MEMORANDUM

Sam E. Jones appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing without prejudice his action alleging medical malpractice and a violation of the Hill-Burton Act. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Stone v. Travelers Corp., 58 F.3d 434, 436-37 (9th Cir.1995), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Jones’s medical malpractice claims because the record indicates that he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies required under state law. See Mont. Code Ann § 27-6-701 (“No malpractice claim may be filed in any court against a health care provider before an application is made to the panel and its decision is rendered.”).

The district court properly dismissed Jones’s claim under the Hill-Burton Act because he failed to allege facts suggesting that the clinic, rather than a third party, discriminated against him. See 42 C.F.R. § 124.9 (providing that medical facilities receiving federal grants shall not discriminate based on race, inter alia); see also Caviness v. Horizon Cmty. Learning Ctr:, 590 F.3d 806, 812 (9th Cir.2010) (claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the…