Bhandari v. Artesia General Hospital

OPINION

KENNEDY, Chief Judge.

{1} Plaintiff Dr. Chitra Bhandari (Bhandari) and her husband were both doctors at Artesia General Hospital (the Hospital). At a meeting to terminate her husband from the Hospital, Bhandari was told that her husband would be allowed to resign if she did so as well and, if she did not, he would be fired. She was not the subject of any personnel action by the Hospital. Prior to the meeting, the Hospital’s general counsel had prepared a memorandum concerning the termination process and scripting the matter of forcing Bhandari’s resignation. The district court ruled…