Heath v. Redbud Hospital District

620 F.2d 207 Vivian E. HEATH, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. REDBUD HOSPITAL DISTRICT, Redbud Hospital Board of Directors, A. Kuykendall, an Individual, L. Prigmore, an Individual, J. Sharp, an Individual, F. Hayes, an Individual et al., Defendants and Appellees. No. 78-1301. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. May 30, 1980. 1 Jay C. White, Redwood City, Cal., for plaintiff and appellant. 2 Peter Bassing, Sheeks & Oswald, San Rafael, Cal., for defendants and appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 4 Before TRASK and SKOPIL, Jr., Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, * District Judge. 5 BRUCE R. THOMPSON, District Judge. 6 This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in an action brought by plaintiff Heath against Redbud Hospital District, Redbud Hospital Board of Directors, and four individual members of the five-man board. Jurisdiction below was predicated on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343 . We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . 7 The district court held that Heath's termination from her position as Administrator of the Redbud Hospital accorded with due process of law and implicated…