John Phillip Smith v. William B. Ricks, John Phillip Smith, Jerome Berg, Esq. v. William B. Ricks, John Phillip Smith v. William B. Ricks, John Phillip Smith v. William B. Ricks

31 F.3d 1478 1994-2 Trade Cases P 70,679 John Phillip SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William B. RICKS, et al., Defendants-Appellees. John Phillip SMITH, Plaintiff, Jerome Berg, Esq., Appellant, v. William B. RICKS, et al., Defendants-Appellees. John Phillip SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William B. RICKS, et al., Defendants-Appellees. John Phillip SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William B. RICKS, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 92-16461, 93-15586, 93-16410 and 93-17300. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 12, 1994. Decided Aug. 11, 1994. Jerome Berg, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Jerome Berg, in pro per. Paul D. Fogel, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Oakland, CA, for defendants-appellees. Marilyn Preston, Ann Arbor, MI, for amicus curiae. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: FLETCHER, FERGUSON, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. TROTT, Circuit Judge: 1 Dr. John Smith, a cardiologist, was removed from the staff of Good Samaritan Hospital. After a lengthy peer review process, the reviewing doctors and the hospital concluded that Dr. Smith's performance was below acceptable…