Campbell v. Dep't of Human Servs.

Susan Oki Mollway, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION.

Plaintiff Christopher Campbell has asserted employment discrimination, hostile work environment, and whistleblower claims against Defendant Department of Human Services, State of Hawaii ("DHS"), and unnamed Doe/Roe defendants. DHS moves for partial judgment on the pleadings, arguing that it has Eleventh Amendment immunity with respect to all state law claims and that the whistleblower claim, brought under state law, and the hostile work environment claim, to the extent based on a violation of state law, should therefore be…