Jackson v. California Department of Mental Health

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

VASHON TYRONE JACKSON, 

Petitioner-Appellant, No. 03-17068 v. D.C. No.

CA DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH;  CV-00-00274-

JOHN DEMORALES, Executive LKK/PAN Director; CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY

OPINION

GENERAL,

Respondents-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence K. Karlton, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 13, 2004—San Francisco, California

Filed February 28, 2005

Before: Harry Pregerson and Alex Kozinski, Circuit Judges, and John S. Rhoades, Sr.,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Kozinski

*The Honorable John S. Rhoades, Sr., Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, sitting by designation.

2251 2254 JACKSON v. CA DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH

COUNSEL

David M. Porter, Assistant Federal Defender, Sacramento, California, for the petitioner-appellant.

Craig S. Meyers, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, Cali- fornia, for the respondents-appellees.

OPINION

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Jackson challenges…