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WRIGHT v. RUSHEN

No. 80-4534.

642 F.2d 1129 (1981)

James C. WRIGHT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Ruth RUSHEN et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Murphy, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Sanford Jay Rosen, Rosen & Remcho, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees; Gary P. Reynolds, Sacramento, Cal., on brief.

Before SNEED and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and HEMPHILL, District Judge.

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

The issue is whether the district court properly issued a preliminary injunction mandating extensive changes at three California state prisons. Because we conclude that the district court did not apply the proper legal standards assessing the plaintiffs' probability of ultimate success on the merits, the entire preliminary injunction must be set aside. We remand the case to the district court for further...

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