Gorman

Gorman v. Office of the Insurance Commissioner

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166 F. App'x 919
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 17, 2006No. 04-35637California415 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Steven S. Gorman, Dr. Henry D. Golden, and Ronald A. Quarterman (“Appellants”) appeal pro se from the district court’s order granting summary judgment for defendants in their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (“OIC”) for the State of Washington, and its officers, violated their constitutional rights by prohibiting them from selling health insurance to members of their International Union for the Natural Health Complementary & Alternative Medicine Professions (“IUNHCAMP”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, see Olsen v. Idaho State Bd. of Med., 363 F.3d 916 , 922 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.

The district court correctly held that defendants Hamje, Sureau, and Peterson were entitled to absolute immunity because the claims against them arose out of the performance of their necessary prosecutorial and judicial functions in the context of the Washington State OIC’s administrative hearing. See id. at 923; Mishler v. Clift, 191 F.3d 998, 1004 (9th Cir.1999) (extending absolute prosecutorial and judicial immunity to state regulatory officials for their roles in a state administrative…

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