Robert K. Richardson v. James E.T. Koshiba, Joan S. Brown, Herbert C. Cornuelle, William L. Fleming, Henry T. Miyamoto, Lawrence S. Okinaga

BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

Robert K. Richardson, a former Hawaii state district court judge, appeals an adverse judgment in his suit against the members of Hawaii’s Judicial Selection Commission (Commission).1 Richardson challenges their denial of his petition for reappointment, alleging that the Commission’s treatment of his petition violated his Fourteenth Amendment rights to procedural due process. He seeks monetary and equitable relief under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988.2 He also alleges violations of Hawaii’s constitution and laws.

Because the need to decide the federal due process issues could…