Legal Opinion

Garden v. Hawley

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 17, 2004No. 03-35152; D.C. No. CV-01-02149-TSZPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM**

Plaintiff Christopher A. Garden brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Island County Sheriff’s Office (“ICSO”), Sheriff Michael Hawley, and Chief Deputy Sheriff Jan Smith (collectively, “Defendants”).1 Plaintiff claims that Defendants (1) violated his federal due process rights by demoting and refusing to promote him and (2) violated his federal and Washington state privacy rights by investigating his personal and/or sexual activities.

We review de novo the district court’s January 24, 2003 order granting Defendants summary judgment. Simo v. Union of Needletrades, Indus.…

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Carpinteria Valley Farms, Ltd. v. County of Santa BarbaraCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003

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