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T he pa ne l una ni m ous l yc onc l ude s thi s c a s e i s s ui t abl e f orde c i s i on ** w ith o u t o r a l ar g u m e n t. See F ed . R . A p p . P . 3 4 (a )( 2 ). A cc o rd in g ly, H ub b ar t’ s r e que s tf oror a l a r gum e nti s de ni e d. JK / R es ear ch NOT F OR P UB L I CAT I ON

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# FI LED JAN 22 2 010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALSJ K / Res ea r ch 08- 16211 2 B efo re: B E E Z E R , T R O T T , an dB Y B E E , C i rcu i tJu d g es. D w a n e L a m a rH ub b a rt ap p e a ls p r o s e f r o m th e d is tr ic t c o u rt’s ju d g m e n t di sm i ss i ng hi s 42 U . S . C . § 1 98 3 act i on al l egi ng i nj uri es ar i si ng fr om a s t at e c ou rt c o n s e n t ju d g m e n t e n te r e din 1 9 9 9 . W e h a v e ju r is d ic tio n u n d e r2 8 U .S .C . § 1 2 9 1 . W e r e vi e w de novo di s m i s s a l on E l e ve nth A m e ndm e nta nd s t a tut e of l i m i t a t i ons g r o u n d s . Ch o l la R ea d

y Mi x, In c. v. C i vish , 3 8 2 F .3 d9 6 9 , 9 7 3 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 4 ) . W e a f f i rm. T h e d is tr ic t c o u rt p r o p e r lyd is m is s e dth e c la im s a g a in s t th e S ta te o f H aw a ii O f f i c e of C ons um e rP r ot e c t i on, a nd the c l a i m s f orm one yda m a ge s a nd re trospec t i ve decl ar at ory r el i ef agai nstthe st at e off

i ci aldefe nd ant s i n thei r off i ci al c ap a c itie s , a s b a rr e db yth e E le v e n th A m e n d m e n t. See Y akam a Ind i an N

at i on v. State of W as h. D e p’ t of R e v e nue , 17 6 F . 3d 12 41 , 12 45 (9th C i r. 19 99 ). M oreover, the di s tr i c tc ourtpr ope r l ydi s m i s s e d a l l of the c l a i m s a s barr e d bythe s t a tut e of lim ita tio n s u n d e rH a w a ii law . See H aw . R ev. S t at . § 6 57 -7 (200 9) (tw o-ye ar s t a tut e of l i m i t a t i ons f

orpe r s ona l i nj urya c t i ons ) ; H aw . R e v. S t a t . § 657- 1( 4) (200 9) (s i x-ye arst atut e of l i m i t at i on s f or “ [p] er sonal ac t i on s of any nature w hat soeverno tspec i fi ca l l y c ov er ed by the l aw s of the S t at e” ). T he di s tr i c tc ourtdi d notabus e i t s di s c r e t i on byde ny i ng H ubba rt ’ s m ot i on f o rr e c o n s id e r a tio n b e c au s e H ub b art d idn o t id e n tif ya n yn e w e v id e n c e , c h an g e inJ K / Res ea r ch 08- 16211 3 law , c le a re rr o r , o rm a n if e s t in ju s tic e . See Sch. D ist. N o. 1J, Mul tno m ah C ou nt y, O r. v. A Can dS

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