Allen P. Schlein, M.D. v. The Milford Hospital, Inc.

Dr. Allen P. Schlein brought this action in the District of Connecticut under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that defendant, The Milford Hospital, Inc., (“Hospital”), had rejected his application for staff privileges arbitrarily and capriciously, failing to provide him with procedural due process guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Judge Newman found sufficient state action to satisfy the jurisdictional requirements of § 1983, 383 F.Supp. 1263, but granted summary judgment in favor of the Hospital, holding that it had not acted arbitrarily but had provided Dr. Schlein with adequate procedural…