ALLEN v. IRANON

No. 99-16896.

283 F.3d 1070 (2002)

Terence B. ALLEN, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George IRANON, former Director of the Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii; Eric Penarosa, former Director for Corrections, Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii; Guy Hall, former Warden for the Halawa D.C. No. Correctional Facility and Administrator of Inspection, Evaluation and Compliance, Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants, and Department Of Public Safety, State of Hawaii, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Hynds, Deputy Attorney General, Honolulu, HI, for the defendants-appellants.

Michael K. Livingston, Davis, Levin, Livingston, Grande, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: B. FLETCHER, CANBY and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

CANBY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Terence Allen, M.D., a physician formerly employed by the Hawaii Department of Public Safety, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three state officials who were supervisors within the Department. Allen alleged that the defendants retaliated against him and conspired to retaliate against him in violation of his First Amendment rights because he spoke out on abuse of inmates at the Hawaii correctional...

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