Rhee v. El Camino Hosp. Staff

15 F.3d 1088 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Young E. RHEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EL CAMINO HOSPITAL STAFF, John Davis, Harrison Kornfield, Marvin Small, H. Ward Trueblood, and Ralph Watson; El Camino Hospital District, Charles A. Knell, Norma J. Melchor, William J. Reeves, Billy B. Russell and Alvin B. Rutner, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16521. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 14, 1994. Decided Feb. 7, 1994. Before: GOODWIN, WIGGINS, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The district court dismissed Dr. Rhee's federal civil rights suit on the ground that a California state court judgment denying Dr. Rhee's mandamus petition precludes his federal claims in this suit. We affirm. I. 3 On April 20, 1981, Dr. Rhee was admitted to the Department of Surgery probationary staff at the El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California. In August 1985, after a lengthy probationary period and review of Dr. Rhee's case…