UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

VICTOR N. AMBRUOSO,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

JAMES C. MCGEORGE, M.D.; NOEL

DOROMAL, M.D.; STAN A.

RAMPEY, M.D.; HENRY

SALZARULO, M.D.; OCONEE No. 95-2876

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

PAUL THOMPSON, M.D.; LARK

SCHULTZ,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of South Carolina, at Anderson.

G. Ross Anderson, Jr., District Judge.

(CA-94-2149-8-3)

Argued: May 6, 1996

Decided: June 6, 1996

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and HALL and LUTTIG,

Circuit Judges.

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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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COUNSEL

ARGUED: Arthur Camden Lewis, LEWIS, BABCOCK & HAWKINS, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. Vincent Clark Price,

LOVE, THORNTON, ARNOLD & THOMASON, Greenville, South

Carolina, for Appellee Oconee Memorial; Sarah Shannon McMillan,

HAYNSWORTH, MARION, MCKAY & GUERARD, L.L.P.,

Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellees McGeorge, Doromal, Rampey, and Salzarulo. ON BRIEF: Mark W. Hardee, LEWIS, BABCOCK & HAWKINS, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See

Local Rule 36(c).

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OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Dr. Victor N. Ambruoso appeals an order of the district court

granting summary judgment to the defendants, Oconee Memorial

Hospital and four of its staff physicians, in Ambruoso's suit alleging

violations of due process and of state common law arising from the

termination of his staff privileges at the hospital. We have considered

the briefs and heard the arguments of the parties, and we affirm the

judgment of the district court for the reasons, with one minor exception, stated in that court's memorandum opinion. Ambruoso v.

McGeorge, No. 8:94-2149-3 (D.S.C., Aug. 16, 1995).

The district court held that Ambruoso had made no request for

injunctive relief. Memorandum Opinion, at 3 n.1. We believe that he

did, but that the form of relief requested is not available from a court.

The amended complaint stated, "The Plaintiff would further pray that

the court review de novo the actions of Oconee Memorial Hospital in

suspending the Plaintiff and denying him hospital privileges and order

that the suspension be lifted and that his privileges be reinstated."

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We have no special competence to review medical staffing decisions. Our narrow role in the peer-review context is to assure that the

process of that review comports with the law; the ultimate result is

not our concern. Even if we were to conclude that the process

afforded Ambruoso was insufficient -- and no rational trier of fact

could so conclude -- we could not review the staffing decision de

novo or order that Ambruoso's privileges be reinstated. Upon directing that sufficient process be afforded, we would exhaust our equitable power. Laje v. R. E. Thomason General Hospital, 564 F.2d 1159,

1162-1163 (5th Cir. 1977). Accordingly, while Ambruoso has

requested injunctive relief, he has not stated a cognizable claim for

injunctive relief.

The judgment of the district court is affirmed.

AFFIRMED

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