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ORTEGA v. O'CONNOR

No. 97-15073.

146 F.3d 1149 (1998)

Magno J. ORTEGA, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis Michael O'CONNOR, M.D. and Richard Friday, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul T. Hammerness, Deputy State Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellants.

Gilbert T. Graham, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: D.W. NELSON, REINHARDT, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

In 1981, defendants Dr. Dennis Michael O'Connor and Richard Friday, who were then officials at California's Napa State Hospital, directed an extensive inquiry that they contend was a lawful administrative investigation of Dr. Magno Ortega's management practices. The investigation led to a highly intrusive search of Dr. Ortega's private office and all of the personal possessions he kept there, among which were private letters and romantic...

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