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1 <br /> QITkt O~ DIKI?Ilnary COYnNI <br /> Sv remc Goun ~ Sutc or Hawr~i • Utktyonary lard <br /> pv y <br /> 116.1 Blahop Stmt 9uiu 600 h.t~uw.e <br /> Honolulu, Ha~ai196111 Dw'tlht M Rush <br /> Rlephonc (101) 111391 . . J , 1 f 'lama A. Kawac~M? <br /> cAk(p~+prw c...... ~ ~ sttw+ary <br /> Ocrrld N.1~iEe ~ _ &.n1a Uttman <br /> M.twaw Dta.ylt..y ce.e«1 <br /> ChrAenc M. NoMa - Ellen OoeaYCanen <br /> Crtvh R. R1chtUcu q,[) Faith E~ana <br /> EArn C. Mena - - - RorsmaryT, Fraio <br /> tern C. lepaoe Cartand <br /> Seotd~G ONed Ma0eleitta Goodtnrn, ?h,p, <br /> Ran 9ancMt Gcrrtdinc N. Hraepara <br /> Swan 4 Vi11aUa TTomaa K Kauluk~kul Jr. <br /> <br /> tit ~.rta,a• RoEcn P. Mourrot <br /> MarJork L Muryhr CHffoed L Nakaa <br /> Onpry O.O11n <br /> Slephanlr A 1te:enu <br /> EeptemDer 1?, 1993 COHpIDENTIAL Arotyn4uau.Yh.D. <br /> Manucl R SyyLeatteC.?A <br /> S.Y. Tin. M.DJ D. <br /> - DCDonh K Wrtlht <br /> Duene N.H. DAA9, Lrq. <br /> Deputy corporation Counsel <br /> Depaztmvnt of the Corporation Couneel <br /> City end County Ott Honolulu <br /> Honolulu, NI 96113 <br /> Rt,a R•quert for 6thios Oplnlon <br /> Dtar kr. Pangs <br /> Thlr rerpondr to your loiter dntecl Augurt 21, 1993 (received <br /> August ]0, 1993) requesting ethlor quidence. lour letter vnr <br /> supplemented p7 subsequent teirphone convrreetionr with out <br /> peralegrl, xarge Autrpby. <br /> 2. bTA2LHENT O1! t!ACTC <br /> iov represent Detendrnir (four police officers, the Chief of <br /> Police, and the City end County of Nonoluly) in a levsuit filed it <br /> the United 6tates District Court, Dietsice o! Sawali, alleging <br /> civil rlghcr vloletlons under 11 USC ff1961, 1917, end 19BS, as <br /> yell ar oosanon lav torts of aeesult, battesy, and negllgence. <br /> The rust xes filed by a woman arsr•ted for bararsmsnt of a <br /> pollen officer. The xotaan alleger Chet vAlle she was in custody at <br /> the Ronolulu Police 6iatlon, ehe vas bestsn by three officers and <br /> a police tmetron. The elal.m for zalief includes (as !r alvpys the <br /> ease in litigetlon rlleging a violation of civil rights) a request <br /> for punitive damages against the individual officers. <br /> Although Defsndnnte agree that ibe woman vne ta~ured when the <br /> tzied to charge one of the officers and attempted to gat out of the <br /> holding cell, they o?tegoritelly 4eAy that any eseavlt occurred or <br /> that eny officer intsntiona]ly inured the women. Defendants ell <br /> agree thnt if an in~vey did occur, their actions vote jvetifiedr <br /> <br />