Sharon Moats v. United States of America

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-1547
SHARON MOATS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
and
WILLIAM MOATS,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant – Appellee,
and
CITY HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED; COURTNEY STRUTHERS, M.D.; DAWN
REED JONES, M.D.; SHENANDOAH VALLEY MEDICAL SYSTEM,
INCORPORATED; WVUH-EAST; GATEWAY REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM,
INCORPORATED,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. John Preston Bailey,
Chief District Judge. (3:06-cv-00120-JPB-JES; 3:07-cv-00022-
JPB)
Submitted: July 30, 2009 Decided: August 12, 2009
Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, DUNCAN, Circuit Judge, and
HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Barry J. Nace, PAULSON & NACE, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.
Sharon L. Potter, United States Attorney, Helen Campbell
Altmeyer, Assistant United States Attorney, Wheeling, West
Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Sharon Moats appeals from the district court’s orders
granting judgment in favor of the Defendant in her professional
liability action brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act
and alleging medical malpractice by physicians at Shenandoah
Community Health Center and denying her motion for
reconsideration, a new trial, and judgment.* Moats argues on
appeal that the district court erred in finding that the
Shenandoah Community Health Center physicians were not negligent
in their care of her. We have reviewed the record and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated
by the district court. United States v. Moats, Nos. 3:06-cv-
00120-JPB-JES; 3:07-cv-00022-JPB (N.D.W. Va. Mar. 19 & 27,
2008).
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
AFFIRMED
* The United States was substituted as the Defendant for the
physicians at Shenandoah Community Health Center.

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