HOOK v. STATE OF ARIZ. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 91-15052.

972 F.2d 1012 (1992)

Evan Arthur HOOK, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF ARIZONA, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Samuel Lewis, individually and in his capacity as director of the Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1992.

As Amended September 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Berch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellants.

Scott F. Frerichs, Treon, Strick, Lucia & Aguirre, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: HALL and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and KEEP, Chief District Judge.


WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

OVERVIEW

Defendants/Appellants, including the Arizona Department of Corrections, appeal the district court's grant of an injunction against the enforcement of certain prison regulations. Plaintiffs/Appellees, current inmates, argue that the injunction was appropriate because the regulations conflict with an earlier consent decree between the Arizona Department of Corrections and certain named inmates. The Department of Corrections...

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