HONOLULU -- Fired University of Hawaii President Evan Dobelle's legal team said they are considering a third lawsuit over his termination.

University of Hawaii Regents held an all-day meeting Tuesday to discuss their legal options regarding Evan Dobelle's termination.

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Dobelle's attorney said he's considering a third kind of lawsuit against the university and the regents. Attorney Rick Fried said today that beside defamation of character and breach of contract suits, Dobelle's legal team is also working on a possible civil rights suit.

That suit would contend the Regents denied Dobelle's 14th Amendment, due process rights, in the way their fired him.

Fried has enlisted the help of four more attorneys in the Dobelle case, including civil rights specialists Mark Davis and John Edmunds.

The regents met for most of the day in a closed-door executive session to discuss their legal options.

They were in with their attorney Barry Marr for almost four hours. Marr wouldn't comment on specifics but they were expected to talk about Dobelle's threatened lawsuit, documents Dobelle's legal team is demanding, and options for settlement.