Alfred M. Ewing v. Carlos G. Camacho, Governor of Guam

At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence, the District Court of Guam, sitting without a jury, granted defendants’ Rule 41(b) motion and entered judgment against plaintiff based upon findings duly made. Plaintiff has appealed. We affirm.

By his suit plaintiff sought a mandatory injunction requiring the defendants, Carlos G. Camacho, as Governor of Guam, Antonio C. Yamashita, as President of University of Guam, Vicente B. Bamba, Marciano Pangelinan, Joseph Flores, Leo Slotnick, and Mary K. Findley, as Chairman and members, respectively, of Board of Regents-University of Guam (hereinafter “the officials”), to renew his employment contract—following its expiration—as a professor at the University of Guam or, in the alternative, requiring the defendants, Howard G. Logan, Pedro D. Perez, Gregorio Taitague, Herman Ada, Gregorio Camacho, Vicente Perez, and Father Manuel Cruz, as Chairman and members, respectively, of the Civil Service Commission (hereinafter “the commission”), to hold a hearing and inquire into the reasons for his dismissal by the officials and determine the validity of their action.

The district court rejected, on two alternative grounds, plaintiff’s request for…