SONODA v. CABRERA

No. 97-16068.

189 F.3d 1047 (1999)

Jose A. SONODA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio R. CABRERA; Froilan C. Tenorio; Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mickeal Gehringer, Assistant Attorney General, Saipan, MP, for the appellants.

Pamela Brown, Saipan, MP, and Theodore Mitchell, Saipan, MP (argued), for the appellee.

Before: CHOY, FERNANDEZ, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

Froilan C. Tenorio, Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), appeals from a decision of the CNMI Supreme Court that a portion of CNMI Executive Order 94-3 violated the CNMI Constitution.1 We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

BACKGROUND

Jose A. Sonoda brought suit in United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §...

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