SONODA v. CABRERA

No. 00-15426.

255 F.3d 1035 (2001)

Jose A. SONODA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Antonio R. CABRERA, personally and in his official capacity as Secretary of Department of Finance; Froilan C. Tenorio, personally and in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore R. Mitchell and Jeanne H. Rayphand, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for the plaintiff-appellant.

William E. Betz, Assistant Attorney General, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, for the defendant-appellees.

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, William C. Canby, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted May 16, 2001 — Honolulu, Hawaii.

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Jose A. Sonoda was terminated as Director of the Division of Customs Services in the Department of Finance of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ("CNMI"). He brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Froilan C. Tenorio, the former Governor of CNMI, and Anthony R. Cabrera, the Finance Secretary ("defendants"). The § 1983...

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