Legal Opinion
Sonoda v. Cabrera
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 3, 2001No. 00-15426PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Jose A. Sonoda was terminated as Director of the Division of Customs Services in the Department of Finance of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“CNMI”). He brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Froilan C. Tenorio, the former Governor of CNMI, and Anthony R. Cabrera, the Finance Secretary (“defendants”). The § 1983 suit alleges that the defendants terminated Sonoda in violation of his due process and First Amendment rights. The district court sua sponte granted summary judgment to the defendants based upon qualified…
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