Legal Opinion
Aholelei v. Department of Public Safety
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 24, 2007No. 06-15086PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLAND, Judge.
Before us is the sole issue of whether the State of Hawaii Department of Public Safety and ten State officials who are sued in their official capacities (“the State defendants”) have waived sovereign immunity as regards appellant William S. Aholelei’s state law claims. 1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment on sovereign immunity grounds.
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In October 2003, appellant William S. Aholelei was beaten by other inmates while incarcerated in a state prison in Hawaii. On July 9, 2004, proceeding pro se, Aholelei…
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3Cited by1 opinion
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