The court discusses the requirements for a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, emphasizing that the plaintiff must allege deprivation of a federal right and action under color of state law. The court finds that the plaintiff, a podiatrist, cannot prove deprivation of a federal right as exclusion from a hospital staff does not constitute such a violation. The court references the Fifth Circuit's decision in Shaw v. Hospital Authority of Cobb County, which held that denial of staff membership to a podiatrist did not violate constitutional rights.
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