Plata v. Davis

329 F.3d 1101 Marciano PLATA; Otis Shaw; Ray Stoderd; Joseph Long; Leslie Rhoades; Gilbert Aviles; Paul Decasas; Steven Bautista, and all others similarly situated; Raymond Johns; Elijah J. Sandoval; Gary Alan Smith; Clifford Myelle, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Grey DAVIS; B. Timothy Gage; Robert Presley; Susann Steinberg, Defendants-Appellants, and Daniel Thor; MTA Cooper; T. Bui; Donald Calvo; Shankar Raman; Brian Yee; D. Smith; M.A. Van Pelt; Bhaviesh Shah; Andrew Wong; Daniel Fuller; Michael Songer; M. Levin; Joseph Siegel; Edgar Castillo; Mohan Sundareson; Clinton; Sanford Hepps; Stephen Wyman; L. Richnak; Richard Sandham; C. Park; Teresa Rocha, Acting Director Department of Corrections, Defendants. No. 02-16161. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 12, 2003. Filed May 27, 2003. John M. Applebaum, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellants. Donald Specter, Prison Law Office, San Quentin, CA, and Caroline N. Mitchell, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Thelton E. Henderson, District…