Gui Juan Zhang v. Department Of Labor & Immigration

331 F.3d 1117 Gui Juan ZHANG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & IMMIGRATION; The Government of The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Isidro T. Cabrera, in his individual capacity; Tricia Aguon, in her individual capacity, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-15559. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 14, 2003. Filed June 12, 2003. Joe Hill, Saipan, MP, for the Plaintiff-Appellant. Karen M. Klaver, Office of the Attorney General, Saipan, MP, for the Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the District Court of the North Mariana Islands; Alex R. Munson, Chief Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-98-00012-00ARM. Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, GOODWIN, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges. OPINION PER CURIAM. 1 This case involves the proper application of principles of res judicata and the supplemental jurisdiction provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1367 . The case arises out of the rape of the plaintiff, Gui Juan Zhang, by defendant Captain Isidro T. Cabrera, of the CNMI Division of Immigration Services ("DIS") in November 1996, while the plaintiff was in DIS custody. She was released in January 1997. 2 Zhang filed her complaint in the federal…