ALLEN v. SAKAI

No. 93-16780.

40 F.3d 1001 (1994)

John ALLEN; Terry Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ted SAKAI; Harold Falk; John Cabral; Clayton Frank; Adele Fujita; Leonard Gonsalves; Leiann Kaimikaua; Gary Kaplan; Gerald Mendiola; Cinda Sandin; Francis Sequiera; Laurence Shohet; William Oku; Malcolm Lee; Terrence Allen; and Ray Suenaga, in their official and individual capacities, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven S. Michaels, Glenn S. Grayson, Deputy Atty. Generals; Honolulu, HI, for defendants-appellants.

John L. Hill; Charles Schurter, Margaret Kivinski, Student Interns, Western State University Legal Clinic, Irvine, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: FLETCHER, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, District Judge.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Hawai`i state prison officials, defendants in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit, appeal the denial of summary judgment on their claim of qualified immunity. We affirm.

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Terry Smith was transferred to the Special Holding Unit ("SHU")1 of the Halawa High Security Facility ("HHSF")2 after multiple disciplinary offenses ranging from...

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