Stears v. Sheridan County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees

SILER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Dr. Robert L.G. Stears appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Board of Trustees of Sheridan County Memorial Hospital (the “Hospital”). He argues that when the Hospital entered into an exclusive contract with another radiologist services provider, he was deprived of his clinical privileges, a right he claims is preserved under Wyoming law, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Hospital’s bylaws. We AFFIRM.

I. Facts and Procedural Background

In 1995, Dr. Stears accepted employment with Dr. Lindemann, a radiologist in Sheridan, Wyoming, to…