Donna Hoffman v. Kent Tonnemacher

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DONNA HOFFMAN, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 08-16166 KENT TONNEMACHER, M.D.; D.C. No.

UNKNOWN PHYSICIANS,  CV-04-05714-AWI-

Defendants, DLB and OPINION

MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER,

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Anthony W. Ishii, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 8, 2009—San Francisco, California

Filed January 21, 2010

Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Susan P. Graber, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Graber COUNSEL

Kevin G. Little, Fresno, California, for the plaintiff-appellant. 1284 HOFFMAN v. TONNEMACHER Lara M. Krieger, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Donna Hoffman sued Defendant Memorial Medi- cal Center under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd(a), after an…