Allen v. Sakai

40 F.3d 1001 John ALLEN; Terry Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ted SAKAI; Harold Falk; John Cabral; Clayton Frank; Adele Fujita; Leonard Gonsalves; Leiann Kaimikaua; Gary Kaplan; Gerald Mendiola; Cinda Sandin; Francis Sequiera; Laurence Shohet; William Oku; Malcolm Lee; Terrence Allen; and Ray Suenaga, in their official and individual capacities, Defendants-Appellants. No. 93-16780. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 3, 1994. Decided Nov. 15, 1994. Steven S. Michaels, Glenn S. Grayson, Deputy Atty. Generals; Honolulu, HI, for defendants-appellants. John L. Hill; Charles Schurter, Margaret Kivinski, Student Interns, Western State University Legal Clinic, Irvine, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before: FLETCHER, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, * District Judge. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Hawai'i state prison officials, defendants in a 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 suit, appeal the denial of summary judgment on their claim of qualified immunity. We affirm.I 2 Terry Smith was transferred to the Special Holding Unit ("SHU") 1 of the Halawa High Security Facility ("HHSF") 2…