Robert Whitney Hall v. State of Hawaii, a State of the United States

892 F.2d 83 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Robert Whitney HALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF HAWAII, a State of the United States, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-15058. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 21, 1989. * Decided Dec. 13, 1989. Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, and POOLE and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Robert Whitney Hall appeals pro se the district court's order denying his Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion for relief from judgment. We review for an abuse of discretion, Tomlin v. McDaniel, 865 F.2d 209, 210 (9th Cir.1989), and affirm. 3 Hall, a white male, was denied admission to the University of Hawaii law school. In 1984, he filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging that University officials unlawfully discriminated against him. 1 The district court dismissed Hall's state law claims on eleventh amendment grounds and entered summary judgment in favor of the defendants on Hall's federal claims.…