Sanchez V. Texas State Board Of Medical Examiners

Appellant Armando Sanchez, M.D., appeals the district court's final judgment affirming the order of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners*fn1 revoking Sanchez's medical license and imposing an administrative penalty and costs. This disciplinary action was predicated upon fact findings that Sanchez had solicited the murder of a former patient. In six issues on appeal, Sanchez contends that the administrative law judge committed evidentiary and procedural errors in finding that Sanchez had solicited the former patient's murder; that substantial evidence did not support those fact findings; that such findings, if proper, were not legally sufficient support for the statutory ground under which discipline was imposed; and that the Board erred in making certain changes to the administrative law judge's proposal for decision. We will affirm the district court's judgment.