Privitera v. California Board Of Medical Quality Assurance

926 F.2d 890 James A. PRIVITERA, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA BOARD OF MEDICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE; Kenneth Wagstaff, as Executive Director of the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-55981. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 6, 1990. Decided Feb. 25, 1991. John A. Dito, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Helena Whalen-Bridge, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before NORRIS, HALL and RYMER, Circuit Judges. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 James Privitera, M.D. brought this action for injunctive relief under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 , challenging a California Board of Medical Quality Assurance (BMQA) license revocation proceeding against him. He now appeals an order of the district court that denied his motion for preliminary injunction, dismissed pendent claims for declaratory relief and to compel arbitration, and stayed the action pending resolution of the state claims in state court. 1 We reverse and remand. 2 * Privitera is…