Tagupa v. East-West Center, Inc.

642 F.2d 1127 William E. H. TAGUPA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EAST-WEST CENTER, INC.; Cyrus Vance, individually and in his capacity as Secretary of State; Joseph Duffey, individually and in his capacity as Assistant Secretary of State; Griffin Bell, individually and in his capacity as Attorney General; and Drew Bays III, individually and in his capacity as Assistant Attorney General, Defendants-Appellees. No. 79-4023. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 10, 1980. Decided Dec. 22, 1980. Filed March 23, 1981. Mark S. Davis, Honolulu, Hawaii, argued for plaintiff-appellant; William H. Tagupa on brief pro se. Wallace W. Weatherwax, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before SKOPIL, FLETCHER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Tagupa brought this Title VI action against the East-West Center and a number of its officers and employees alleging that he had been denied two graduate awards and a position in a graduate seminar. In his Third Amended Complaint, Tagupa added causes of action in the nature of mandamus against high officials of the State…