OYAMA v. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

No. 13-16524.

813 F.3d 850 (2015)

Mark L. OYAMA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII; Christine Sorensen; Jeffrey Moniz; John Does, 1-25; Jane Does, 1-25, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 29, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Seitz (argued), Della Au Belatti , and Sarah R. Devine , Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christine Tamashiro (argued), Darolyn H. Lendio , and Ryan M. Akamine , Honolulu, HI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Greg Lukianoff , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Amicus Curiae Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.

Eugene Volokh , UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae Student Press Law Center.

Before: KIM McLANE WARDLAW, MARSHA S. BERZON, and JOHN B. OWENS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The University of Hawaii denied secondary education candidate Mark L. Oyama's application to become a student teacher, a prerequisite for recommendation to the State of Hawaii's teacher certification board. This appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment to the University implicates the constitutional...

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