Citta v. Delaware Valley Hospital

OPINION

JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This suit claims a deprivation of constitutional rights under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (Supp. 1970). Plaintiff initially sought a temporary restraining order directing the defendants to reinstate one of plaintiff’s privileges restricted by the defendant Dr. Mogul, Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the Delaware Valley Hospital, on October 17, 1969. On that date Dr. Mogul informed the plaintiff that he could only perform gastrectomies in the presence of a supervising surgeon acceptable to Dr. Mogul. We…