Paul Kay Coronel v. State of Hawaii, Department of Corrections Harold Falk, Director Atu Laqueretabua, Social Worker Gray Kaplain, Unit Manager
Opinion
Opinion
993 F.2d 882 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Paul Kay CORONEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Harold Falk, Director; ATU LaQueretabua, Social Worker; Gray Kaplain, Unit Manager, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-16842. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 3, 1993. * Decided May 6, 1993. Before GOODWIN, TANG and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Paul Coronel, a Hawaii state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant Hawaii state prison officials ("defendants") in his action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . Coronel alleged that a prison policy prohibiting inmate long-distance phone calls in evening hours, when the prison's switchboard is closed, denied him his constitutional rights because it interfered with his ability to call his immediate family. We affirm. BACKGROUND 3 Coronel is an inmate at Halawa Correctional Facility ("HCF") in Hawaii,…