S. Taylor v. United States ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1476 S. DOUGLAS TAYLOR, MD, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; HEALTH NET FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (7:11-cv-00268-FL) Submitted: December 8, 2014 Decided: February 20, 2015 Before GREGORY and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Jeffrey S. Miller, Jacksonville, North Carolina, for Appellant. Thomas G. Walker, United States Attorney, Matthew L. Fesak, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee United States of America. Christopher Flynn, CROWELL & MORING LLP, Washington, D.C.; James R. Holland, Wilmington, North Carolina, Elizabeth Brooks Scherer, SMITH MOORE LEATHERWOOD LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee Health Net Federal Services, LLC. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Dr. S. Douglas Taylor appeals the district court’s March 19, 2014 grant of the respective motions to dismiss filed by the defendants, the United States and Health Net Federal Services, LLC. After carefully reviewing the district court’s opinion, the record, the briefs submitted by the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm for the reasons set forth in the convincingly written opinion of the district court. Taylor v. United States, No. 7:11-cv-268-FL (E.D.N.C. March 19, 2014). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED - 2 -