Ashker v. California Department Of Corrections

350 F.3d 917 Todd Lewis ASHKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; James Gomez; G. Bonnie Garibay; S. Bonaccorso; M. Jensen; S. Cambra; S. Steinberg, M.D.; Winslow; Dr. Astorga; C. Gollihar; S. Ricci, M.T.A.; K. Butcher; B. Patton; M. Billington; B. Grinstead; Joe McGrath, Warden, Defendants-Appellants. No. 02-17077. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 7, 2003. Filed November 18, 2003. Gregory S. Walston, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellants. Herman A.D. Franck, Sacramento, California, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Claudia Wilken, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV 97-1109 CW. Before: Betty B. FLETCHER and A. Wallace TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and Louis H. POLLAK, Senior District Judge. * OPINION TASHIMA, Circuit Judge. 1 Defendants-Appellants, the California Department of Corrections and various prison officials (collectively, "CDC"), appeal an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee, Todd Lewis Ashker, and issuing a permanent injunction…