Walter Balla v. State of Idaho

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WALTER D. BALLA, Nos. 20-35579 Plaintiff-Appellant/ 20-35580 Cross-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 1:81-cv-01165-

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STATE OF IDAHO; IDAHO STATE

BOARD OF CORRECTION; DIRECTOR

OF IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF OPINION

CORRECTIONS,

Defendants-Appellees/ Cross-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho B. Lynn Winmill, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 8, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Filed March 22, 2022

Before: RICHARD A. PAEZ, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. SUMMARY *

Prisoner Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district court’s order granting defendants’ motion to terminate prospective relief pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act in a class action alleging unconstitutional prison conditions at the Idaho State Correctional Institution.

In 1981, Walter Balla, an incarcerated person at the Idaho State Correctional Institution (ISCI), brought this class action suit alleging…