James Rowland v. United States District Court For The Northern District Of California

849 F.2d 380 James ROWLAND, Daniel Vasquez, and Robert Borg, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent. Joseph Toussaint, et al., Real Parties in Interest. No. 88-7078. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Motions Calendar March 31, 1988. * Decided June 7, 1988. As Amended June 15, 1988. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing Sept. 19, 1988. Bruce M. Slavin, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Cal., San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners. Mark A. Chavez, San Francisco, Cal., for real parties in interest. Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before CANBY, BEEZER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 This lawsuit was brought on behalf of "all prisoners confined in or subject to confinement in administrative segregation in four California state prisons." Toussaint v. McCarthy, 597 F.Supp. 1388 , 1391 n. 1 (N.D.Cal.1984), modified, 801 F.2d 1080, 1114 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 107 S.Ct. 2462 , 95 L.Ed.2d 871 (1987); see 597 F.Supp. at 1393 n. 5 (quoting class certification order). The district court's permanent injunction, which…