Ramirez v. Reagan

82 F.3d 423 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Armando RAMIREZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack R. REAGAN; Charles D. Marshall, Warden; C.J. Johnson; Jourden; R. Linfor; P.J. Dillard; Galbraith Bush; Lawrence, Program Administrator at Pelican Bay State Prison; James Gomez, Director of Department of Corrections of the State of California, Defendants-Appellants. No. 95-15048. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 14, 1996. Decided April 9, 1996. 1 Before: HALL and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges, and WEINER, District Judge. * 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Armando Ramirez, an Hispanic inmate at California's Pelican Bay State Prison, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , alleging that prison officials had discriminated against him on the basis of race when they: (1) subjected Hispanic inmates to a more intensive security-level reclassification review; (2) denied all Hispanic inmates the ability to work as "critical workers" during prison lockdowns; (3)…