Kildare v. Saenz

325 F.3d 1078 Linda KILDARE; Jonean Daniel; Tyrone Bozman; Edgar Copeland; Donald Furr; Christopher Boyko; Harvey Winfield, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Rita SAENZ; Donna Mandelstam; Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner; Linda McMahon; Pete Spencer; Diane Trewin, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-17464. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 11, 2003. Filed March 24, 2003. Robert E. Borton, Heller, Ehrman, White, & McAuliffe, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Christine N. Kohl, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellees. Douglas M. Press, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. and Olivier A. Sylvain, Jenner & Block, LLC, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Saundra B. Armstrong, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-04732-SBA. Before TROTT, RYMER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. OPINION TROTT, Circuit Judge. 1 Linda Kildare ("Kildare"), Jonean Daniel ("Daniel"), Tyrone Bozman ("Bozman"),…