Courthouse News Service
Courthouse News Service

Courthouse News Service
Tuesday, March 04, 2008Last Update: 10:44:57 AM

Doctor Says Sacramento County Fired Him
For Objecting To Treating Undocumented

     SACRAMENTO (CN) - Dr. Gene Rogers claims Sacramento County wrongfully fired him as medical director of its Medically Indigent Program because he sued the county under the False Claims Act, alleging it coerced him into violating federal immigration law and made him "a party to criminal conduct entailing conversion of public revenues in payment for services of (sic - recte: to) illegal aliens."