HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Architect Laurel Mau will get another chance to try and prove she was a victim of a conspiracy between the engineering and architectural firm that fired her and the city prosecutor.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday, refusing to dismiss the civil case against five defendants: Mitsunaga and Associates Inc., firm founder Dennis Mitsunaga, and the firm’s attorney Sheri Tanaka.

Both donated to the campaigns of former city prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro, who is also a named defendant.

The four were acquitted in the criminal conspiracy trial last year, but Mau’s attorney said there are different procedures in a civil case.

“The federal prosecutors had to prove their case, each element of their case, beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Carl Osaki, Mau’s attorney. “In the

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