Armstrong v. Davis

275 F.3d 849 (9th Cir. 2001) JOHN ARMSTRONG; JAMES AMAURIC; RICHARD PONCIANO; JACK SWENSEN; BILLY BECK; JUDY FENDT; WALTER FRATUS; GREGORY SANDOVAL; DARLENE MADISON; PETER A. RICHARDSON; STEVEN HILL; DAVID ROSE; DAVID BLESSING; ELIO CASTRO; ELMER UMBENHOWER; RAYMOND HAYES; GENE HORROCKS; KIAH MINCEY; CLIFTON FEATHERS; WILLIE JOHNSON; DAVID BADILLO; JAMES SIMMONS; FLORA ABRAMS; JOEY GOUGH; TIMOTHY WHISMAN, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GRAY DAVIS, Governor of the State of California; ROBERT PRESLEY, Secretary of the Youth and Adult Correctional Agency; JAMES NIELSEN, Chairman of the Board of Prison Terms; CALIFORNIA BOARD OF PRISON TERMS, DOES 1-100, IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITY, Defendants-Appellants. No. 00-15132 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted April 12, 2001 Filed November 28, 2001 Revised January 3, 2002 [Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted][Copyrighted Material Omitted] James M. Humes, California Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellants. Donald H. Specter, San Quentin, California; Arlene B. Mayerson, Berkeley, California; Michael W. Bien, San…