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Parties Involved:
Health Net Federal Services, LLC
Appellee
S. Douglas Taylor
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-1476

S. DOUGLAS TAYLOR, MD,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC, 

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (7:11-cv-00268-FL)

Submitted: December 8, 2014 Decided: February 20, 2015

Before GREGORY and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jeffrey S. Miller, Jacksonville, North Carolina, for Appellant. 

Thomas G. Walker, United States Attorney, Matthew L. Fesak, 

Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee United States of 

America. Christopher Flynn, CROWELL & MORING LLP, Washington, 

D.C.; James R. Holland, Wilmington, North Carolina, Elizabeth 

Brooks Scherer, SMITH MOORE LEATHERWOOD LLP, Raleigh, North 

Carolina, for Appellee Health Net Federal Services, LLC.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Dr. S. Douglas Taylor appeals the district court’s March 

19, 2014 grant of the respective motions to dismiss filed by the 

defendants, the United States and Health Net Federal Services, 

LLC. After carefully reviewing the district court’s opinion, 

the record, the briefs submitted by the parties, and the 

applicable law, we affirm for the reasons set forth in the 

convincingly written opinion of the district court. Taylor v. 

United States, No. 7:11-cv-268-FL (E.D.N.C. March 19, 2014). We 

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal 

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before 

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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