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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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1 Because oral argument will not be of material

assistance, the court orders this matter submitted on the briefs. 

E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(g).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DONGWOO JOHN CHANG, M.D.,

FRCS (C),

NO. CIV. S-08-657 FCD KJM

Plaintiff,

v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CLAIR POMEROY, M.D., STUART

H. COHEN, M.D., ALLAN D.

SIEFKIN, M.D. and DR. PAUL

MUIZELAAR,

Defendants.

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This matter is before the court on defendants Dr. Allan D.

Siefkin and Dr. Jan Paul Muizelaar’s (“defendants”) motion to

lift the stay of this action, entered April 14, 2008 pursuant to

the parties’ stipulation (Docket #32).1

 This action arises from

certain corrective action taken against plaintiff Dongwood John

Chang, M.D. (“plaintiff”) by the Medical Staff Executive

Committee of the University of California Davis Health System

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(the “Medical Staff Executive Committee”) in March 2008. Said

action included a summary suspension and a recommendation that

plaintiff’s medical staff privileges and membership be

terminated. On March 24, 2008, plaintiff submitted a request to

the Medical Staff Executive Committee for a hearing on the

recommended action, pursuant to Article VI of the Medical Staff

Bylaws (the “Bylaws”). 

Plaintiff filed the instant action, seeking injunctive

relief, on March 26, 2008. Following denial of plaintiff’s

application for a temporary restraining order, on April 14, 2008,

the parties filed a stipulation and order, requesting the court

stay the action in its entirety pending plaintiff’s pursuit of

his administrative remedies through the university; specifically,

“until completion of the hearing and, if applicable, appellate

process set forth in the [Bylaws].” (Docket #32 at 2.)

However, on July 21, 2008, plaintiff withdrew his request

for a hearing before the Executive Committee and resigned from

medical staff appointment. In accordance with the Bylaws,

plaintiff’s medical staff membership and privileges at UC Davis

were terminated effective July 25, 2008. (Navarra Decl., filed

Feb. 1, 2010.)

Subsequently, defendants requested that plaintiff and the

other named defendant stipulate to lifting the stay of this

action. Defendant Cohen agreed to do so but plaintiff would not. 

(Id.) Defendants now move the court via the instant motion to

lift the stay, arguing that the reason for imposing the stay,

plaintiff’s administrative proceedings before the Medical Staff

Executive Committee, no longer exists.

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Neither plaintiff nor Cohen filed a response to the motion. 

The court construes their failure to respond as a non-opposition

to the motion. E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(c). Because the basis for

entering the stay is no longer in effect, the court GRANTS

defendants’ motion and lifts the stay of this matter. 

The parties shall file a joint pretrial (scheduling)

conference statement on or before May 14, 2010. After review of

the parties’ statement, if necessary, the court will set a date

for a scheduling conference. Otherwise, the court will issue a

scheduling order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 DATED: April 13, 2010

 FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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