Forster v. County Of Santa Barbara

896 F.2d 1146 Francis John FORSTER, M.D., Mary Agnes Forster, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department, California Board of Medical Quality Assurance, John Carpenter, Jerry Goddard, Chip Marchbanks, Jim Thomas, Leyland Bentley and Lloyd Gillis, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-6372. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued Aug. 7, 1989. Submitted Aug. 28, 1989. Decided Feb. 7, 1990. Stephen D. Underwood, Office of County Counsel, Santa Barbara, Cal., for defendants-appellees County of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept., John Carpenter, Jerry Goddard, Chip Marchbanks, Jim Thomas, and Leyland Bentley. Joel A. Davis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees Cal. Bd. of Medical Quality Assur. and Lloyd Gillis. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before BROWNING, FARRIS and CANBY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 Because police suspected Dr. Forster of illegally prescribing narcotics, they began investigating him in 1980 and eventually arrested him in 1983. At the time of his arrest, Dr. Forster was an outspoken member of NORAID, the Northern…