Wong

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANDREW H.K. WONG,  No. 01-17432 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CV-96-00965-

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LKK(DAD)

CALIFORNIA, ORDER

Defendant-Appellee. AMENDING  OPINION AND

DENYING

PETITION FOR

REHEARING AND

PETITION FOR

REHEARING EN

BANC AND

AMENDED

 OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence K. Karlton, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submission Deferred February 12, 2003 Submitted April 17, 2003 San Francisco, California

Filed August 18, 2004 Amended June 7, 2005

Before: Robert R. Beezer, Sidney R. Thomas and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Clifton; Dissent by Judge Thomas

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COUNSEL

Dan Siegel (argued), Hunter Pyle, Siegle & Yee, Oakland, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Michael T. Lucey, Michael D. Bruno, Joel K. Liberson (argued), Gordon & Rees LLP, San Francisco, California, for the…