Kay

Kay v. Tolbert

Good Law
56 F. App'x 791
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 13, 2003No. 01-15893; D.C. No. CV-00-00290-JMRCalifornia293 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

1. Plaintiffs state-law claims are premature because we can’t determine what, if any, relief she deserves until the ongoing administrative process is complete. Cf. Gilbert v. Bd. of Med. Exam’rs, 155 Ariz. 169 , 745 P.2d 617, 624 (1987). In any event, it’s not clear plaintiff has, or will ever have, cognizable common-law claims: Challenges to an administrative decision must be raised as an appeal from that decision; “[ojther litigation may not be substituted for an appeal as a mechanism to obtain judicial review of the administrative action.” Id. at 622. Otherwise, a remand to the administrative body to determine the appropriate relief — as state law requires — would become redundant and unnecessary.

2. Because we can only speculate whether the Board will again terminate plaintiff for the same (allegedly unlawful) reasons, using the same (allegedly deficient) procedures, she doesn’t have standing to request injunctive relief. See City *792 of L.A. v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95, 101-05 , 103 S.Ct. 1660 , 75 L.Ed.2d 675 (1983).

3. The individual defendants are entitled to qualified immunity on plaintiffs substantive due process claim, as the alleged right wasn’t clearly…

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