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Corrrado v. Montefiore St. Lukes Cornwall Medical Center

Hospitals Ruled Not State Actors in Rights Action Over Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment

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OPINION & ORDER Suzanne Corrado, M.D. (“Plaintiff”) brings this action against defendants Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Medical Center (“St. Luke’s”), Sgt. Douglas G. Schofield, Garnet Medical Center (“Garnet”), Dr. Nkiruka Iloh, and Dr. Maryam Rakhmatullina (together with Garnet and Iloh, the “Garnet Defendants”). Plaintiff alleges violations of the Fourth Amendment, and Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment via 42 U.S.C. §1983 (“Section 1983″) and that Plaintiff was falsely imprisoned. Presently pending before the Court are St. Luke’s and the Garnet Defendants’(together, the “Moving Defendants”) respective motions to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1). (ECF Nos. 54, 58.) For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the Moving Defendants’ respective motions to dismiss. FACTUAL BACKGROUND The following facts are taken from the Complaint (“Compl.”, ECF No. 1.) and are assumed true for purposes of this motion. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009). On April 12, 2023, Plaintiff was in a euphoric mood and believed that she was closer to God than she had ever been. (Compl. 11.) She expressed these feelings to her residential development’s superintendent, neighbors, and her son. (Id. 13.) The superintendent contacted Plaintiff’s son to report Plaintiff’s behavior. (Id. 15.) Plaintiff’s son then visited Plaintiff and witnessed, to his alarm, her dispose of medications and rip and throw a tablecloth off her kitchen table. (Id.

16-17.) Plaintiff’s son called 911, and Plaintiff was transported to the emergency department at St. Luke’s. (Id.

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