Opinion ID: 218507
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Kathleen Silver

Text: As CEO of UMC, Silver sits on the MEC, but she does so in a non-voting, non-deliberating capacity. She does not ordinarily take part in the MEC's peer-review based credentialing decisions, and there is no evidence that she acted differently here. Chudacoff does not dispute her limited, passive role at these MEC meetings but asserts that her presence as the eyes and ears of the Commissioners subjects her to liability for the MEC's unconstitutional actions. In the absence of evidence of her personal participation in the constitutional deprivation, Silver's mere non-voting membership in the MEC is insufficient to show that she was an integral participant in the deprivation of Chudacoff's rights, as is required to establish § 1983 liability. Boyd v. Benton County, 374 F.3d 773, 780 (9th Cir.2004). Summary judgment in her favor was thus proper. See Chuman v. Wright, 76 F.3d 292, 294-95 (9th Cir.1996); Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d 1040, 1045 (9th Cir.1989).