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Macarthur v. San Juan County

Document Cited authorities 329 Cited in 33 Precedent Map Related
Decision Date13 June 2005
Docket NumberNo. 2:00 CV 00584 BSJ.,2:00 CV 00584 BSJ.
Citation416 F.Supp.2d 1098
PartiesDr. Steven MACARTHUR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SAN JUAN COUNTY, et al., Defendants.
CourtU.S. District Court — District of Utah

416 F.Supp.2d 1098

Dr. Steven MACARTHUR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SAN JUAN COUNTY, et al., Defendants.

No. 2:00 CV 00584 BSJ.

United States District Court, D. Utah, Central Division.

June 13, 2005.

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Blaine J. Benard, Holme Roberts & Owen (UT), Salt Lake City, UT, for San Juan Health Services District, Laurie Schafer, Health District Defendants, Bill Redd, Cleal Bradford, Gary Holladay, John Housekeeper, John Lewis, Karen Adams, Patsy Shumway, Roger Atcitty, Carla Grimshaw, Gloria Yanito, Julie Bronson, L. Val Jones, Lori Wallace, Manfred R. Nelson, Marilee Bailey, Ora Lee Black, James D. Redd, Reid M. Wood, San Juan Health Defendants Group 2, Defendants.

Carolyn Cox, Holme Roberts & Owen (UT), Salt Lake City, UT, for San Juan Health Services District, Patsy Shumway, Reid M. Wood, Roger Atcitty, Health District Defendants, Laurie Schafer, Bill Redd, Cleal Bradford, Gary Holladay, John Housekeeper, John Lewis, Karen Adams, Carla Grimshaw, Gloria Yanito, Julie Bronson, L. Val Jones, Lori Wallace, Manfred R. Nelson, Marilee Bailey, Ora Lee Black, James D. Redd, San Juan Health Defendants Group 2, Defendants.

Kyle M Finch, Finch & Olson, Farmington, NM, for Farmer's/Truck Insurance, Defendant.

Christine T. Greenwood, Magleby & Greenwood PC, Salt Lake City, UT, for San Juan Health Services District, Gary Holladay, John Housekeeper, John Lewis, Karen Adams, Patsy Shumway, Roger Atcitty, San Juan Health Defendants Group 2, Defendants.

Robert R. Harrison, Snow Christensen & Martineau, Salt Lake City, UT, for Health District Defendants, San Juan County, Bill Redd, Craig Halls, Richard Bailey, J Tyron Lewis, Laurie Schafer, San Juan Health Services District, Carla Grimshaw, Cleal Bradford, Gloria Yanito, James D. Redd, Julie Bronson, L. Val Jones, Lori Wallace, Manfred R. Nelson, Marilee Bailey, Ora Lee Black, Reid M. Wood, Defendants.

Jean P Hendrickson, Utah Attorney General's, Office (160-140857), Salt Lake City, UT, for Health, Mr. Masotti, Don Beckwith, FNU Wilson, James(Harry) Boley, Marilyn Brokoop, Sandra Assasnik, Interested Party.

Michael W Homer, Suitter Axland, Salt Lake City, UT, for San Juan County, San Juan County Defendants, Bill Redd, Craig Halls, J Tyron Lewis, Richard Bailey, Mark Maryboy, Lyn Stevens, Defendants.

Judith A. Jensen, Utah Attorney General's Office, Salt Lake City, UT, for Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, Interested Party.

Dan R. Larsen, Snell & Wilmer (UT), Salt Lake City, UT, for Mark Shurtleff, Stewart M. Hanson, Mark Shurtleff, Stewart M. Hanson, Interested Party.

Kathleen M. Liuzzi, Dunn & Dunn, Salt Lake City, UT, for San Juan County, San Juan County Defendants, Bill Redd, Craig Halls, J Tyron Lewis, Richard Bailey, Mark Maryboy, Defendants.

Thomas B. Price, Suitter Axland, Salt Lake City, UT, for San Juan County, San Juan County Defendants, Bill Redd, Craig Halls, J Tyron Lewis, Richard Bailey, Mark Maryboy, Defendants.

Susan Rose, Sandy, UT, for Alison Dickson, Amy Terlaak, Candace Holiday, Candace Laws, Donna Singer, Fred Riggs, Helen Valdez, Linda Cacapardo, Michelle Lyman, Nathaniel Penn, Nicole Roberts, Steven MacArthur, Sue Burton, Dorothy Keith, Paul Keith, Plaintiffs.

Kenneth J Sheppard, Melaleuca, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID, for Melaleuca, Interested Party.

Douglas R Short, Bennett & Deloney, Midvale, UT, for Mark Maryboy, Defendant.

David W Slagle, Snow Christensen & Martineau, Salt Lake City, UT, for Health District Defendants, All Defendants.

Jesse C Trentadue, Suitter Axland, Salt Lake City, UT, for San Juan County, San Juan County Defendants, Bill Redd, Craig Halls, J Tyron Lewis, Richard Bailey, Mark Maryboy, Lyn Stevens, Defendants.

Robert R Wallace, Kirton & McConkie, Salt Lake City, UT, for San Juan Foundation, Defendant.

MEMORANDUM DECISION & ORDER

JENKINS, Senior District Judge. 

                THE FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE (Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(c)) ............................ 1112
                    Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(c)(1) ..................................................... 1112
                THE PART I PLAINTIFFS ......................................................... 1114
                    Dr. Steven MacArthur, M.D ................................................. 1114
                    Ms. Michele Lyman, P.A. ................................................... 1115
                    Ms. Helen Valdez .......................................................... 1118
                THE PART I PLAINTIFFS' ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL
                  DEFENDANTS .................................................................. 1119
                    The County Commissioners .................................................. 1120
                    County Attorney Craig Halls ............................................... 1120
                    SJHSD Board Members: Atcitty, Lewis, Housekeeper, Adams, Shumway &amp
                      Holliday ................................................................ 1121
                    The SJHSD Administrators: Wood, Bailey & Bradford ......................... 1122
                    Laurie Schafer (a/k/a Laurie Shafer) ...................................... 1123
                    Marilee Bailey, R.N ....................................................... 1124
                    Ora Lee Black ............................................................. 1124
                    Carla Grimshaw ............................................................ 1124
                    Gloria Yanito ............................................................. 1125
                    Julie Bronson ............................................................. 1126
                    Lori Wallace, R.N. a/k/a Laurie Walker .................................... 1126
                    Dr. Lloyd Val Jones, M.D................................................... 1126
                    Dr. Manfred Nelson, M.D.................................................... 1128
                    Dr. James Redd, M.D........................................................ 1128
                THE PART I PLAINTIFFS' THEORIES OF LIABILITY................................... 1129
                    (1) Plaintiffs' Civil RICO Claims (18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq.).............. 1130
                        Predicate Acts of "Racketeering Activity" (18 U.S.C. § 1961(1))........ 1130
                        (a) 18 U.S.C. § 1341—Mail Fraud........................................ 1131
                        (b) 18 U.S.C. § 1512—Witness Tampering................................. 1133
                        (c) 18 U.S.C. § 1951—Interference with Commerce by Threats............. 1134
                    (2) Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994 (18 U.S.C. § 248).... 1137
                    (3) Health Care Quality Improvement Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11112 (2000).......... 1138
                    (4) Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), 42
                          U.S.C. § 1395dd (2000)............................................... 1139
                    (5) "Medicare Patient Bill of Rights" (42 U.S.C. § 1395a).................. 1141
                    (6) 42 U.S.C. § 1981....................................................... 1142
                    (7) 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3).................................................... 1144
                    (8) 42 U.S.C. § 1983....................................................... 1145
                    § 1983 Conspiracy ......................................................... 1146
                    Liability of the SJHSD & San Juan County................................... 1147
                    Plaintiffs' § 1983 Claims Against the County Commissioners & SJHSD
                      Board Members............................................................ 1149
                    Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior & § 1983.......................... 1149
                    The SJHSD Board & the SJHSD Medical Staff's "Policy" re: Physician
                      Assistants............................................................... 1151
                
                    Qualified Immunity & Plaintiffs' § 1983 Claims............................. 1152
                    Dr. MacArthur's § 1983 Claim............................................... 1154
                    Dr. MacArthur's "Right" to Practice at SJHSD Facilities.................... 1154
                    Dr. MacArthur's Request for Privileges & Procedural Due Process............ 1157
                    Ms. Lyman's § 1983 Claim................................................... 1160
                    Substantive Due Process.................................................... 1160
                    Misogyny & "Hostile Environment" under § 1983.............................. 1163
                    Qualified Immunity & Ms. Lyman's § 1983 Claim ............................. 1166
                    Ms. Helen Valdez' § 1983 Claim ............................................ 1166
                    (9) Federal Antitrust Laws (15 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq.) ....................... 1169
                    The Local Government Antitrust Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 34-36).................... 1172
                    Dr. MacArthur's Federal Antitrust Law Claim................................ 1173
                    Ms. Lyman's Federal Antitrust Law Claim.................................... 1174
                    (10) Utah Constitution, art. I, §§ 1, 7, 25, 26, 27 ....................... 1176
                    (11) Utah Unfair Practices Act (Utah Code Ann. §§ 13-5-1 et seq. (2001))... 1179
                    (12) Utah Civil Rights Act (Utah Code Ann. §§ 13-7-1 et seq. (2001))....... 1181
                    (13) Interference with Contract and with Prospective Business Relations.... 1182
                    (14) "state common law defamation (also a U.S. Constitutional right to
                         reputation as guaranteed by the Ninth Amendment)"..................... 1183
                        (a) Utah Law of Defamation ............................................ 1183
                        (b) Defamation & the Ninth Amendment .................................. 1184
                    (15) "Federal common law and Utah contract common law and statutory
                         provisions that prohibit contracts of adhesion, bad faith, and lack of
                         fair dealing. Utah Code Ann. 78-12-25(1) (1996)," including the
                         Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing....................... 1187
                        (a) Contracts of Adhesion.............................................. 1187
                        (b) Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing.................... 1187
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