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No. 11-2016
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Charlottesville. Glen E. Conrad, Chief
District Judge. (3:11-cv-00054-GEC)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
In
forma
pauperis
litigant,
Michael
James
Keitz,
state
law
claims
for
medical
negligence,
medical
review.
After
reviewing
the
record
and
considering
See
Neitzke
FMC
Butner,
v.
Williams,
376
F.3d
490
252,
U.S.
319,
254-55
&
328
n.*
(1989);
Nagy
(4th
Cir.
v.
2004).
Accordingly,
we
affirm
that
portion
of
the
district
courts
order.
We
nonetheless
vacate
the
portion
of
the
district
Under 8.01-20.1,
Thus,
plaintiff
if
must,
defendant
within
ten
provides
business
written
days
of
request,
receiving
that
plaintiff
fails
to
obtain
necessary
certifying
Id.
If
expert
the
district
court
correctly
Id.
recognized,
theory
of
liability
where
expert
testimony
is
unnecessary
of
Virginia
the
jurys
courts
circumstances
common
have
will
knowledge
observed,
expert
action be unnecessary.
and
however,
testimony
in
experience.
that
only
medical
Id.
in
rare
malpractice
district
court
correctly
determined
We conclude that
that
whether
the
nonetheless
conclude
that
it
was
error
for
the
because
the
record
reflects
that
Keitz
had
neither
(holding
verification
of
that
defendant
expert
witness
was
not
entitled
certification
where
to
demand
defendant
because
plaintiffs
8.01-20.1
action
as
the
contemplates
result
4
of
dismissal
noncompliance
of
with
a
the
8.01-20.1
where
process,
and
makes
distinction
requested
by
plaintiff
acknowledging
the
as
to
did
that
the
plaintiff)
not
authorize
[t]he
time
statute
service
(internal
service
of
specifically
of
quotation
process
marks
is
and
citation omitted).
Based on the foregoing, we affirm in part and vacate
in part and remand the matter to the district court for further
proceedings.
the
court
and
argument
would
not
aid
the
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED IN PART,
VACATED IN PART,
AND REMANDED