CARRINGTON et al v. DUKE UNIVERSITY et al

Filing 66

MOTION to Dismiss by BENJAMIN HIMAN. Responses due by 6/23/2008 (SAPPENFIELD, HENRY)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA DURHAM DIVISION File No. 1:08-CV-119 EDWARD CARRINGTON, CASEY J. CARROLL, MICHAEL P. CATALINO, GALE CATALINO, THOMAS V. CLUTE, KEVIN COLEMAN, JOSHUA R. COVELESKI, EDWARD J. CROTTY, EDWARD S. DOUGLAS, KYLE DOWD, PATRICIA DOWD, DANIEL FLANNERY, RICHARD GIBBS FOGARTY, ZACHARY GREER, IRENE GREER, ERIK S. HENKELMAN, STEVEN W. HENKELMAN, JOHN E. JENNISON, BEN KOESTERER, MARK KOESTERER, JOYCE KOESTERER, FRED KROM, PETER J. LAMADE, ADAM LANGLEY, CHRISTOPHER LOFTUS, DANIEL LOFTUS, BARBARA LOFTUS, ANTHONY MCDEVITT, GLENN NICK, NICHOLAS O'HARA, LYNNDA O'HARA, DANIEL OPPEDISANO, SAM PAYTON, JOHN BRADLEY ROSS, KENNETH SAUER, III, STEVE SCHOEFFEL, ROBERT SCHROEDER, DEVON SHERWOOD, DANIEL THEODORIDIS, BRET THOMPSON, CHRISTOPHER TKAC, TRACY TKAC, JOHN WALSH, JR., MICHAEL WARD, ROBERT H. WELLINGTON, IV, WILLIAM WOLCOTT, MICHAEL YOUNG, Plaintiffs, vs. DUKE UNIVERSITY, DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., RICHARD BRODHEAD, PETER LANGE, LARRY MONETA, JOHN BURNESS, TALLMAN TRASK, SUZANNE WASIOLEK, MATTHEW DRUMMOND, AARON GRAVES, ROBERT DEAN, TARA LEVICY, THERESA ARICO, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

DEFENDANT BENJAMIN HIMAN'S MOTION TO DISMISS

J. WESLEY COVINGTON, KATE HENDRICKS, ) VICTOR DZAU, CITY OF DURHAM, ) LINWOOD WILSON, MARK GOTTLIEB, ) BENJAMIN HIMAN, PATRICK BAKER, ) STEVEN CHALMERS, RONALD HODGE, ) LEE RUSS, STEPHEN MIHAICH, BEVERLY ) COUNCIL, JEFF LAMB, MICHAEL ) RIPBERGER and DAVID ADDISON, ) Defendants. ) ________________________________________________________________________ Defendant Benjamin Himan ("Investigator Himan"), through his undersigned attorneys, moves pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for an order dismissing this action in its entirety as to this Defendant upon the grounds that the Complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted and, in the alternative, that all claims asserted against Investigator Himan are barred by the doctrines of qualified and public officer immunity. In support of this Motion, Defendant submits the accompanying memorandum of law.

WHEREFORE, Defendant Benjamin Himan prays that all claims against him in this action be dismissed with prejudice.

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Respectfully submitted this the 30th day of May, 2008. KENNON, CRAVER, BELO, CRAIG & MCKEE, PLLC By: /s/ Joel M. Craig North Carolina State Bar No. 9179 /s/ Henry W. Sappenfield North Carolina State Bar No. 37419 Attorneys for Defendant Benjamin Himan 4011 University Drive, Suite 300 P.O. Box 51579 Durham, NC 27717-1579 [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned attorney hereby certifies that I electronically filed the foregoing Defendant Benjamin Himan's Motion to Dismiss with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following: Charles J. Cooper David H. Thompson Brian S. Koukoutchos Nicole Jo Moss Cooper & Kirk, PLLC 1523 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 William J. Thomas, II Thomas, Ferguson & Mullins, L.L.P. 119 East Main Street Durham, NC 27701 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Dan J. McLamb Shirley M. Pruitt T. Carlton Younger, III Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P. P.O. Box 2889 Raleigh, NC 27602 Attorneys for Defendants Duke University Health System, Inc., Theresa Arico, R.N. and Tara Levicy, R.N. J. Donald Cowan, Jr. Dixie T. Wells L. Cooper Harrell Smith Moore LLP P.O. Box 21927 Greensboro, NC 27420 William F. Lee Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109
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Jamie Gorelick Jennifer M. O'Connor Paul R.Q. Wolfson Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 Attorneys for Defendants Duke University, Richard H. Brodhead, Peter Lange, Larry Moneta, John Burness, Tallman Trask, Suzanne Wasiolek, Matthew Drummond, Aaron Graves, Robert Dean, Kate Hendricks and Victor J. Dzau Reginald B. Gillespie, Jr. Faison & Gillespie P.O. Box 51729 Durham, NC 27717-1729 Attorneys for Defendant City of Durham, North Carolina James B. Maxwell Maxwell, Freeman & Bowman, P.A. P.O. Box 52396 Durham, NC 27717-2396 Attorneys for Defendant David Addison Edwin M. Speas, Jr. Eric P. Stevens Poyner & Spruill LLP P.O. Box 10096 Raleigh, NC 27605-0096 Attorneys for Defendant Mark Gottlieb Patricia P. Kerner D. Martin Warf Hannah G. Styron Troutman Sanders LLP 434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900 Raleigh, NC 27601 Attorneys for Defendants Patrick Baker, Steven Chalmers, Ronald Hodge, Lee Russ, Stephen Mihaich, Beverly Council, Jeff Lamb and Michael Ripberger Paul D. Coates
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Kenneth Kyre, Jr. Pinto Coates Kyre & Brown, PLLC P.O. Box 4848 Greensboro, NC 27404 Attorneys for Defendant J. Wesley Covington The undersigned further certifies that the foregoing document was served by firstclass mail, postage prepaid to the following non CM/ECF participant: Linwood Wilson Bahama, NC Pro Se This the 30th day of May, 2008. KENNON, CRAVER, BELO, CRAIG & MCKEE, PLLC By: /s/ Henry W. Sappenfield North Carolina State Bar No. 9179 Attorneys for Defendant Benjamin Himan 4011 University Drive, Suite 300 P.O. Box 51579 Durham, NC 27717-1579 [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

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