Tagupa v. Odo

95 F.3d 1158 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. William E.H. TAGUPA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Franklin ODO, individually and officially as Director, Ethnic Studies Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Richard Dubanoski, officially as Dean, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Board of Regents, University of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants. No. 94-16898. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 7, 1996. Decided Aug. 8, 1996. Before: FLETCHER, D.W. NELSON, and CANBY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Defendants, officials in their public and individual capacities, and the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii, a state agency, bring this interlocutory appeal from the denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds, and the partial denial of summary judgment on Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity grounds. We reverse and remand with instructions to grant complete summary judgment for the…