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WILSON v. U.S. DIST. CT. FOR E.D. OF CALIFORNIA

Nos. 96-70640, 96-70687 and 96-70659.

103 F.3d 828 (1996)

Pete WILSON, Joseph Sandoval, James Gomez, Nadim Khoury, and John Zil, Petitioners, v. The UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, Ralph Coleman, et al., Real Parties in Interest. James GOMEZ, Nadim Khoury, Sylvia Blount, Clyde Murrey, Daniel E. Thor, Eddie Ylst, Kenneth Shepard, Paul Morentz, Douglas Arnold, and Bruce Baker and their successors in interest, Petitioners, v. The UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, Jay Lee Gates, et al., Real Parties in Interest. James GOMEZ, Director; Steven Cambra, Jr., Warden; Robert Ayers, Chief Deputy Warden and Susann Steinberg, Chief Medical Officer, Petitioners, v. The UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, Alejandro Madrid, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Real Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 24, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Lundgren, Attorney General of California, Bruce M. Slavin, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for petitioners.

Susan Creighton, Palo Alto, CA, for real parties in interest in Nos. 96-70640 and 96-70659.

Michael W. Bien, San Francisco, CA, for real parties in interest in No. 96-70687.

No appearance for respondents.

Before FLETCHER, FARRIS and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

These three cases involve the common issue of whether the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), Pub.L. No. 104-134, Title I, § 101(a) [Title VIII, § 802(a)], 110 Stat. 1321-66, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 3626, applies retroactively to limit the compensation of special masters appointed before the PLRA's effective date.1 In each of these cases, petitioners seek a writ of mandamus commanding the district court to vacate...

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