GREGG v. HAWAII, DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 14-16785.

870 F.3d 883 (2017)

Alexandria GREGG, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; Ted Sakai, in his official capacity as Director of the Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii; Neal Wagatsuma, in his official capacity as Warden of the Kauai Community Correctional Center, Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii, and in his individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 29, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margery S. Bronster (argued), Andrew L. Pepper , Robert Hatch , and Anthony Quan , Bronster Hoshibata, Honolulu, Hawaii; Dan Hempey , Hempey & Meyers, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Marie Manulele Gavigan (argued) and Caron M. Inagaki , Deputy Attorneys General; Douglas S. Chin , Attorney General; Department of the Attorney General, Honolulu, Hawaii; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Raymond C. Fisher, Richard A. Paez and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Alexandria Gregg learned she had psychological disorders years after she underwent sexual shame therapy sessions at a Hawaii correctional facility. Because Gregg experienced feelings of embarrassment and humiliation contemporaneously with her therapy sessions, the district court held her claims accrued on...

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