Warsoldier v. Woodford

418 F.3d 989 Billy Soza WARSOLDIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jeanne WOODFORD, Director of the California Department of Corrections, in her official capacity; John Laudeman, Warden of the Adelanto Community Correctional Facility, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-55879. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 6, 2004. Submission vacated December 6, 2004. Resubmitted June 24, 2005. Filed July 29, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Audrey Huang (Argued and Briefed), Bingham, McCutchen, Los Angeles, CA; Ben Wizner (Briefed), ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. John E. Rittmayer (Argued) and Barry G. Thorpe (Briefed), Deputy Attorney General, State of California, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Ronald S.W. Lew, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-04-02233-RSWL. Before: PREGERSON, TASHIMA, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 California prisoner Billy Soza Warsoldier appeals from the district court's denial of his request for a preliminary injunction in his suit…