Macarthur v. San Juan County, No. 2:00 CV 00584 BSJ.
| Court | United States District Courts. 10th Circuit. United States District Court of Utah |
| Writing for the Court | Jenkins |
| Citation | 416 F.Supp.2d 1098 |
| Parties | Dr. Steven MACARTHUR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SAN JUAN COUNTY, et al., Defendants. |
| Decision Date | 13 June 2005 |
| Docket Number | No. 2:00 CV 00584 BSJ. |
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SAN JUAN COUNTY, et al., Defendants.
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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.
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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.
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 &
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
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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
(16) "privacy rights and statutory entitlements to have their credential
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