Margarita Olopai-Taitano v. Robert A. Guerrero, Personally and in His Capacity as Acting Director and Deputy Director of the CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Eleanor S. Cruz, Personally and in Her Capacity as Director of the CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Thomas Tetuteb, in His Capacity as Secretary of the CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

97 F.3d 1460 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Margarita OLOPAI-TAITANO, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Robert A. GUERRERO, personally and in his capacity as Acting Director and Deputy Director of the CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs; Eleanor S. Cruz, personally and in her capacity as Director of the CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs; Thomas Tetuteb, in his capacity as Secretary of the CNMI Department of Community and Cultural Affairs; and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees. No. 94-17150, 95-15220. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 6, 1996. Decided Aug. 30, 1996. Before: FLETCHER, D.W. NELSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * I. 2 Margarita Olopai-Taitano filed this action against the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) 1 , Robert Guerrero, and Eleanor Cruz (collectively "Defendants"), 2 alleging that…