Lokesh Vuyyuru, M.d.; Virginia Gastroenterology Associates Pc; Virginia Times, Inc. v. Gopinath Jadhav, M.d.

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-2050
LOKESH VUYYURU, M.D.; VIRGINIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES
PC; VIRGINIA TIMES, INC.,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
GOPINATH JADHAV, M.D.; COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES, INC.; PETERSBURG HOSPITAL CO., LLC, d/b/a
Southside Regional Medical Center; COLUMBIA/HCA JOHN
RANDOLPH, INC.; ANANT DAMLE, M.D.; JUDITH W. JADGMANN, in
official capacity as then acting Virginia Attorney General;
DAVID FIKSE; LINDA AULT; FRANK W. PEDROTTY; WILLIAM HARP,
M.D.; ROBERT NEBIKER; JOHN STANWIX; KAMLESH DAVE, M.D.;
ROBERT F. MCDONNELL, in his official capacity as then
Virginia Attorney General; SHARAD SARAIYA, M.D.,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
SOUTHSIDE GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES, LTD; PETERSBURG
HOSPITAL, INC., d/b/a Southside Regional Medical Center; THE
CAMERON FOUNDATION, a Virginia Nonprofit Corporation;
VIRGINIA BOARD OF MEDICINE; JERRY KILGORE, in former and
official capacity and in individual capacity as Virginia
Attorney General; DAVID DUNHAM; STEPHEN E. HERETICK; LYNN
AUSTIN; AKSHAY DAVE, M.D.; JOHN DOE DEFENDANTS 1 TO 10,
Defendants.
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MICHAEL GOLDING, M.D.; CHRISTOPHER T. MALLAVARAPU, M.D.;
ADDAGADDA C. RAO, M.D.,
Amici Supporting Appellants.

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, District
Judge. (3:10-cv-00173-JRS)
Argued: September 18, 2012 Decided: December 27, 2012
Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and DIAZ and THACKER, Circuit
Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ARGUED: Mick G. Harrison, Bloomington, Indiana, for Appellants.
Rudolph W. Savich, Bloomington, Indiana, for Amici Supporting
Appellants. Wesley Glenn Russell, Jr., OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia; William Benjamin Pace,
WILLIAMS MULLEN, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:
Steven D. Smith, SD SMITH, ESQUIRE, PLLC, Blacksburg, Virginia,
for Appellants. J. William Boland, Nathan A. Kottkamp, Jeremy
S. Byrum, MCGUIREWOODS LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees
Columbia/HCA John Randolph, Incorporated, Linda Ault, and Sharad
Saraiya, M.D.; Martin A. Donlan, Jr., WILLIAMS MULLEN, Richmond,
Virginia, for Appellee Gopinath Jadhav, M.D.; B. Page Gravely,
Jr., Emily M. Scott, HANCOCK, DANIEL, JOHNSON & NAGLE, PC, Glen
Allen, Virginia, for Appellees Petersburg Hospital Company, LLC,
Community Health Systems Professional Services, Incorporated,
Kamlesh Dave, M.D., and David Fikse; Stephen D. Rosenthal, David
E. Constine, III, TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee Anant Damle, M.D.; John D. Gilbody, Assistant Attorney
General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellees Robert F. McDonnell, Judith W. Jagdmann, Francis
Walter Pedrotty, III, William Harp, M.D., Robert Nebiker, and
John Stanwix. Kara L. Reagan, STAFFORD LAW OFFICE, LLC,
Bloomington, Indiana, for Amici Supporting Appellants.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Lokesh Vuyyuru, M.D., Virginia Gastroenterology
Associates PC, and Virginia Times, Inc., appeal from the
district court’s various orders (1) dismissing their complaint,
(2) imposing sanctions and a pre-filing injunction, (3) denying
their motion to vacate, (4) denying their motion to reconsider,
(5) denying their motion for disclosure from the court, and (6)
denying their motion to disqualify the district court judge. We
have carefully reviewed the record in this case and have
considered the arguments made by the Appellants and their amici,
both in their briefs and at oral argument. We find no
reversible error and, therefore, affirm for the reasons stated
by the district court. See Vuyyuru v. Jadhav, No. 3:10-cv-173
(E.D. Va. April 19, 2011 & Aug. 30, 2011). We also deny the
Appellees’ pending motion for sanctions and deny, as moot, the
Appellants’ related motion to strike.
AFFIRMED

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