Pal v. Jersey City Med. Ctr. (Summary)

DUE PROCESS

Pal v. Jersey City Med. Ctr., No. 11-6911(SRC)(CLW) (D. N.J. May 14, 2013)

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denied a surgery resident’s motion for leave to amend her complaint filed against a hospital and others. The resident claimed that the hospital violated her constitutional rights by failing to afford her due process protections when it did not provide her with verification that she completed a residency program there.   The court denied the resident’s motion for leave to amend her complaint, holding that verification of completion of a residency was not a property right recognized by federal or state law.  As such, due process protections did not attach to any deprivation of that right.