By Gina Tabonares
Variety News Staff

ELEVEN government officials, including Gov. Felix P. Camacho, former Gov. Carl T.C. Gutierrez and eight former and current jail officers, were summoned by the U.S. District Court to answer the complaint filed by an inmate.
Alexander Kitano, who is currently serving time for murder, complained that his rights were violated because he was not given a chance to work on his parole.
The summons was issued by District Court of Guam Magistrate Judge Joaquin Manibusan on Friday.
Besides Camacho and Gutierrez, other officials who are being asked to answer the complaint are Department of Corrections director Robert Camacho, Sen. Frank Ishizaki who was sued in his capacity as former police chief, Guam Territorial Parole Board former chairman Jose Salas, chairman Soledad Chargualaf, members Connie Duenas, Francisco Marion, Edward Flores, Francisca Santos, Eustaquio Punzalan, Jesus Rivera, Angel Sablan and several John Does.
Kitano, who is currently serving a life sentence in a Lewisburg, Pennsylvania penitentiary, is asking for a jury trial, alleging that his civil rights were violated because he was denied release on parole and was not given a chance to personally appear and present documents before the Guam Territorial Parole Board upon his eligibility.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment on June 26, 1987 after entering a plea of guilty to murder charges. He was eligible for parole after serving 15 years.
In his motion for preliminary action, Kitano asked the District Court of Guam to compel incumbent and past government officials to perform their duties as stated in the U.S. Constitution.
According to the prisoner, for almost four years, the defendants failed to provide him with statutory rights which have always been provided to inmates in the Mangilao facility.
Kitano asked for a meaningful and adequate parole board meeting by returning him to the jurisdiction of the Guam territorial board.
Under the law, the Guam Territorial Parole Board is responsible for releasing a prisoner or denying parole and should afford the opportunity to inmates to personally appear to present documents related to the sentence when eligible for parole.