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HAWKINS v. COMPARET-CASSANI

Nos. 99-55187, 99-55394.

251 F.3d 1230 (2001)

Ronnie HAWKINS, individually and as the representative of the class of persons defined in averment 16, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joan COMPARET-CASSANI; Los Angeles Municipal Court; LA Superior Court; Sherman Block; County of Los Angeles; Jane Doe 1; 100 Unknown Named Defendants; Donna Jacobs, Defendants, and Sherman Block, former Sheriff, who is now deceased, but does not yet have a personal representative, Defendant-Appellant, and Lee Baca, newly elected Sheriff, Real-party-in-interest-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 30, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Fitts, (briefed and argued) Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Beverly Hills, California; Kevin C. Brazile, Deputy County Counsel, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Stephen Yagman (argued), Yagman & Yagman, P.C., Venice, California; Marion R. Yagman (briefed), Yagman & Yagman, P.C., Venice, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Lowell V. Sturgill, Jr., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae United States.

Paul L. Hoffman, Bostwick & Hoffman, LLP, Santa Monica, California, and William J. Aceves, San Diego, California, for amicus curiae Amnesty International.

Before: JAMES R. BROWNING and A. WALLACE TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and SAMUEL P. KING, District Judge.

Argued and Submitted November 2, 1999 — Pasadena, California

JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Lee Baca, et al., appeal a preliminary injunction prohibiting the use of a stun belt on prisoners appearing in Los Angeles County courts. We conclude the injunction was too broad, and remand for further proceedings.

I.

Background

Plaintiff and Appellee Ronnie Hawkins was a convicted criminal defendant scheduled...

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