Mark Davis, Plaintiff Appellant, v. Nelson Sabatini, Individually, and in His Capacity of Healthsecretary for Maryland and Former Under Secretary of Healthof Maryland; Adele Wilzack, Individually and in Hercapacity As the Former Health Secretary for the State Ofmaryland; Carol Benner, Individually and in Her Capacity Asthe Head of Licensing and Certification of the Department Ofhealth and Mental Hygiene; Lois Leonard, Defendants Appellees, 25 F.3d 1039 (4th Cir. 1994)

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - 25 F.3d 1039 (4th Cir. 1994) Submitted May 24, 1994. Decided June 14, 1994

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. M.J. Garbis, District Judge. (CA-93-1242-MJG)

Mark Davis, Appellant pro se.

Timothy James Paulus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, MD, for appellees.

D. Md.

AFFIRMED.

Before WIDENER, WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:


Mark Davis appeals from the district court's order granting summary judgment to the Defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) action in which he sought injunctive and monetary relief. We review the grant of summary judgment de novo, drawing all justifiable inferences in favor of the non-moving party. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986); Overstreet v. Kentucky Cent. Life Ins. Co., 950 F.2d 931, 938 (4th Cir. 1991). Davis filed this action against the Maryland officials involved in initiating and pursuing the regulatory enforcement actions which resulted in the loss of his license to practice medicine. Under Butz v. Economou, 438 U.S. 478 (1978), the Defendants are entitled to absolute immunity. In any event, we find that Davis failed to show that the Defendants violated a clearly established constitutional or federal statutory right of which a reasonably prudent official should have been aware and thus the Defendants were entitled to qualified immunity. Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 (1982). Therefore, we affirm the district court's order granting summary judgment to the Defendants. 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

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