Hook v. State of Arizona, Department of Corrections

972 F.2d 1012 23 Fed.R.Serv.3d 115 Evan Arthur HOOK, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF ARIZONA, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Samuel Lewis, individually and in his capacity as director of the Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellants. No. 91-15052. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 12, 1992. Decided July 23, 1992. As Amended Sept. 1, 1992. Rebecca Berch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellants. Scott F. Frerichs, Treon, Strick, Lucia & Aguirre, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before: HALL and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and KEEP * , Chief District Judge. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW 1 Defendants/Appellants, including the Arizona Department of Corrections, appeal the district court's grant of an injunction against the enforcement of certain prison regulations. Plaintiffs/Appellees, current inmates, argue that the injunction was appropriate because the regulations conflict with an earlier consent decree between the Arizona Department of Corrections and certain named inmates. The Department of Corrections contends that the…