Legal Opinion
Couch v. Board of Trustees of Memorial Hospital of Carbon County
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 3, 2009No. 08-8001PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Marvin Wayne Couch appeals from summary judgment entered in favor of defendants, Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (“MHCC”), a small rural hospital where he has staff privileges, the hospital’s chief administrator, and six of the ten other physicians who have privileges at MHCC. Dr. Couch brought this action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to remedy an alleged deprivation of his First Amendment right of free speech caused by a “campaign of retaliation” he allegedly had to endure as a result of speaking out about substance abuse at MHCC. The district court concluded…
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