96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9285, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15,301 Jeff D. Paige, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated v. State of California, California Highway Patrol, Business, Transportation & Housing Agency, of the State of Ca Dwight Helmick, Commissioner of the Highway Patrol Edward Gomez

102 F.3d 1035 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9285 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15,301 Jeff D. PAIGE, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellant, California Highway Patrol, Defendant-Appellant, Business, Transportation & Housing Agency, of the State of CA; Dwight Helmick, Commissioner of the Highway Patrol; Edward Gomez, Defendants-Appellants. No. 95-56669. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 6, 1996. Decided Dec. 20, 1996. Silvia M. Diaz, Los Angeles, CA and Joel M. Cohn, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellants. Dennis M. Harley, and Della Bahan, Rothner, Segall & Bahan, Pasadena, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Consuelo B. Marshall, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-00083-CBM. Before: REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants, the State of California, the California Highway Patrol, 1 the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, Maurice Hannigan, Commissioner of the California…