ARMSTRONG v. BROWN

No. C 94-2307 CW.

JOHN ARMSTRONG, et al., Plaintiffs, v. EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

November 7, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Armstrong, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Alison Hardy, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Blake Thompson, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Corene T. Kendrick, Prison Law Office, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Geoffrey T. Holtz, Bingham McCutchen LLP, Kenneth Michael Walczak, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Linda D. Kilb, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., Lisa Adrienne Ells, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Mark Raymond Feeser, Mark R. Feeser - Attorney at Law, Megan Hagler, Michael Louis Freedman, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Penny Marie Godbold, Prison Law Office, Rebekah B. Evenson, PRISON LAW OFFICE, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

James Amauric, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP & Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Richard Ponciano, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP & Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Jack Swensen, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP & Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Billy Beck, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP & Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Judy Fendt, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP & Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Walter Fratus, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP & Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Gregory Sandoval, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP & Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Darlene Madison, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP & Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Peter Richardson, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP & Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Steven Hill, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP & Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

David Rose, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

David Blessing, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Elio Castro, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Elmer Umbenhower, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Raymond Hayes, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Gene Horrocks, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Kiah Mincey, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Clifton Feathers, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Willie Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

David Badillo, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

James Simmons, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Sara Linda Norman, Prison Law Office, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Flora Abrams, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Joey Gough, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Timothy Whisman, Plaintiff, represented by Donald H. Specter, Prison Law Office, Arlene Brynne Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Caroline Nason Mitchell, Jones Day, Ernest James Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld, Rosen Bien Galvan and Grunfeld LLP, Jennifer Lee Jonak, Jonak, Pugh, Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, Shawn Hanson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP & Warren E. George, Jr, Prison Law Office.

Robert Sillen, Receiver, represented by Martin H. Dodd, Futterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier LLP.

J. Clark Kelso, Receiver, represented by Martin H. Dodd, Futterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier LLP.

Robert Hecker, Intervenor Pla, represented by Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP.

Ralph Coleman, Intervenor Pla, represented by Michael William Bien, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP.

Joseph C. Sandoval, Defendant, represented by Paul Brian Mello, Hanson Bridgett LLP, Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

Dir Dept of Corr James Gomez, Defendant, represented by Paul Brian Mello, Hanson Bridgett LLP, Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

Kyle McKinsey, Defendant, represented by Paul Brian Mello, Hanson Bridgett LLP, Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

Kevin Carruth, Defendant, represented by Paul Brian Mello, Hanson Bridgett LLP, Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

Marisela Montes, Defendant, represented by Paul Brian Mello, Hanson Bridgett LLP, Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

Robert Presley, Defendant, represented by Paul Brian Mello, Hanson Bridgett LLP & Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office.

Robert Presley, Secretary of the Youth and Corrections Agency of the State of California, Defendant, represented by Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General.

Robert Presley, Defendant, represented by Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

California Board of Prison Term, Defendant, represented by Paul Brian Mello, Hanson Bridgett LLP, Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

Chairman James Nielsen, Defendant, represented by Paul Brian Mello, Hanson Bridgett LLP, Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

Gray Davis, Defendant, represented by Paul Brian Mello, Hanson Bridgett LLP, Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Defendant, represented by Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Scott John Feudale, California Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Kyle Anthony Lewis, Department of Justice Office of Attorney General.

Secretary James Tilton, Defendant, represented by Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

Executive Director John Monday, Defendant, represented by Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office, Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General, Jose Alfonso Zelidon-Zepeda, Department of Justice & Rochelle C. East, Office of the Attorney General.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, Defendant, represented by Scott John Feudale, California Attorney General's Office & Danielle Felice O'Bannon, Attorney General's Office.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Defendant, represented by Giam Minh Nguyen, California State Attorney General's Office, Janelle M. Smith, California State Attorney General's Office, Jay Michael Goldman, California Department of Justice & Jay Craig Russell, Office of the Attorney General.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California, Defendant, represented by Michael James Quinn, California State Attorney General's Office.

California Correctional Peace Officers Association, Amicus, represented by Gregg McLean Adam, Esq., Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, LLP, Benjamin Cornelius Sybesma, California Correctional, Christine Albertine,, California Correctional Peace Officers' Association, Jennifer Spencer Stoughton, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough LLP & Ronald Yank.

Edward Swanson, Miscellaneous, represented by Edward W. Swanson, Swanson & McNamara LLP.


[TENTATIVE] ORDER TO REVISE THE MODIFIED INJUNCTION (Docket No. 2180)

CLAUDIA WILKEN, District Judge.

This tentative order revises Sections D.2. and D.3. of this Court's Modified Injunction (Docket No. 2180). It is made pursuant to the Ninth Circuit's recent opinion in Armstrong v. Brown, 2014 WL 4783091 (9th Cir.) In that opinion, the Ninth Circuit held that Sections D.2. and D.3. of this Court's Modified Injunction delegated too...

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