Allen v. Iranon

283 F.3d 1070 Terence B. ALLEN, M.D., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George IRANON, former Director of the Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii; Eric Penarosa, former Director for Corrections, Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii; Guy Hall, former Warden for the Halawa D.C. No. Correctional Facility and Administrator of Inspection, Evaluation and Compliance, Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants, and Department Of Public Safety, State of Hawaii, Defendant. No. 99-16896. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 14, 2001. Filed March 13, 2002. Gary Hynds, Deputy Attorney General, Honolulu, HI, for the defendants-appellants. Michael K. Livingston, Davis, Levin, Livingston, Grande, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Alan C. Kay, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-97-00175-ACK. Before: B. FLETCHER, CANBY and PAEZ, Circuit Judges. OPINION CANBY, Circuit Judge. 1 Plaintiff Terence Allen, M.D., a physician formerly employed by the Hawaii Department of Public Safety, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three state…