Tak Sun Tan v. David L. Runnels, Warden Bill Lockyer, Attorney General State of California, Indra Lim v. David L. Runnels, Warden Bill Lockyer, Attorney General State of California, Jason Feng Chan v. Cheryl K. Pliler, Warden

413 F.3d 1101 TAK SUN TAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. David L. RUNNELS, Warden; Bill Lockyer, Attorney General State of California, Respondents-Appellants. Indra Lim, Petitioner-Appellee, v. David L. Runnels, Warden; Bill Lockyer, Attorney General State of California, Respondents-Appellants. Jason Feng Chan, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Cheryl K. Pliler, Warden, Respondent-Appellant. No. 04-55775. No. 04-55792. No. 04-55815. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 4, 2005. Filed July 7, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Victoria B. Wilson, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondents-appellants. Janyce Keiko Imata Blair, El Segundo, CA, for the petitioners-appellees. David H. Goodwin, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioners-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Margaret M. Morrow, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. Nos. CV-01-04281-MMM, CV-01-04177-MMM and CV-02-04201-MMM. Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, PREGERSON, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. TROTT, Circuit Judge: 1 Wardens Runnels and Pliler appeal the district court's decision to grant Jason Feng Chan's, Tak Sun Tan's, and Indra Lim's…