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NGIRAINGAS v. SANCHEZ

No. 86-2840.

858 F.2d 1368 (1988)

Alex NGIRAINGAS, Oscar Ongklungel, Jimmy Moses, Arthur Mechol, Jonas Ngeheed and Bolandis Ngiraingas, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Francisco Q. SANCHEZ, individually and as a Police Officer, Joseph R. Cruz, individually and as a Police Officer, Jose T. Terlaje, individually and as a Police Officer, Joe P. Balajadia, individually and as a Police Officer, Elmer F. Sardoma, individually and as a Police Officer, Joseph A. San Nicolas, individually and as a Police Officer, Judith P. Guthertz, in her Official Capacity as Director of the Department of Public Safety (Guam Police Department), the Guam Police Department and the Government of Guam, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1988.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing September 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. Siegel, Gill & Siegel, Agana, Guam, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Patrick Mason, Asst. Atty. Gen., Agana, Guam, for defendants-appellees.

Barbara L. Herwig and Michael E. Robinson, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for amicus.

Before KOZINSKI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and GRAY, Senior District Judge.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc September 28, 1988.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

We consider whether the district court properly dismissed appellants' federal civil rights claims against the Government of Guam, the Guam Police Department, the Director of the Department of Public Safety, and several Guam police officers acting in their individual and official capacities.

Facts

On March 31, 1983, appellants were picked up...

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