Nixon v. Guzzetta

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BERYL A. HOWELL, District Judge.

This ease is a medical malpractice action arising from a surgery performed on a minor child, MJ, at Children’s National Medical Center (“CNMC”) in Washington, D.C. on March 8, 2010. Plaintiff Michelle Nixon, individually and on behalf of MJ, is suing the surgeon, Defendant Phillip Guzzetta, for malpractice allegedly committed in connection with the surgery. Defendant Guzzetta has moved the Court to join CNMC as a defendant in this action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 20(a)(2). For the reasons discussed below, the Court denies the motion for joinder.