Pervaiz Chaudhry v. Tomas Aragon

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PERVAIZ A. CHAUDHRY, M.D.; No. 21-16873

VALLEY CARDIAC SURGERY

MEDICAL GROUP, D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 1:16-cv-01243-

SAB

v.

OPINION

* TOMÁS ARAGÓN , in his official capacity as the Director of California Department of Public Health; STEVEN LOPEZ, California Department of Public Health, Fresno District Office Manager, in his official and personal capacity; SHIRLEY CAMPBELL, in her personal capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Stanley A. Boone, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2023 San Francisco, California

* Tomás Aragón has been substituted for his predecessor, Sonia Angell, under Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2). 2 CHAUDHRY V. ARAGÓN

Filed May 23, 2023

Before: Michelle T. Friedland and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges, and Gary S. Katzmann,** Judge.

Opinion by Judge Katzmann

SUMMARY***

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal, following a five-day bench trial, of an action…