Noble

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEPHEN NOBLE, M.D., No. 2:21-cv-01433-MCE-CKD Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GOULD MEDICAL GROUP, INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Through the present action, Plaintiff Stephen Noble, M.D. (“Plaintiff”), seeks damages and injunctive relief, in part, from the following group of Defendants: Sutter Health, Sutter Valley Medical Foundation (sued as “Sutter Gould Medical Foundation” and “Sutter Valley Medical Foundation, Inc.”) (“SGMF”), and Sutter Valley Hospitals (sued as “Sutter Memorial Medical Center”) (“MMC”) (collectively, “Sutter Defendants”). See First Am. Compl., ECF No. 5 (“FAC”). Presently before the Court is Sutter Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s FAC pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6),2 which has been fully briefed. ECF Nos. 18 (“Sutter Defs.’ Mot.”), 26 1 Plaintiff also brings this lawsuit against the Gould Medical Group, Inc. (“GMG”), and Lit K. Fung, 27 M.D (“Dr. Fung”). These parties have elected to…