Ronwin v. Shapiro

657 F.2d 1071 7 Media L. Rep. 2100 Edward RONWIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard W. SHAPIRO and Jane Doe Shapiro, Husband and Wife; Bruce Dickinson, a single man; and, The Board of Regents of the Universities and State Colleges of Arizona, Defendants-Appellees. No. 80-5142. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 16, 1981. Decided Oct. 1, 1981. Edward Ronwin, Urbandale, Iowa, for plaintiff-appellant. Michael Foudy, Tucson, Ariz., argued, for defendants-appellees; Hugh Holub, Tucson, Ariz., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before FERGUSON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and HATTER, * District Judge. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal from the district court dismissal of Ronwin's claim for defamation. In 1976, the Arizona Supreme Court published an opinion in which it gave the following explanation for denying Ronwin admission to the Arizona Bar: 2 (T)here is significant expert testimony in the record to indicate that Ronwin has a "paranoid personality" which is characterized by hypersensitivity, rigidity, unwarranted suspicion, excessive self-importance and a tendency to blame others and…