CALIFORNIA FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION v. CALDERON

No. 97-15493.

138 F.3d 1298 (1998)

CALIFORNIA FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION; Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Arthur CALDERON, Warden; James Gomez, Director, Dept. of Corrections, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl S. Mayer, Office of Atty. Gen., San Francisco, California, for defendants-appellants.

David M. Fried, Law Offices of David M. Fried, San Francisco, California, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: BROWNING, PREGERSON, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:

Arthur Calderon, Warden of San Quentin Prison, and James H. Gomez, Director of the California Department of Corrections (collectively "Calderon"), appeal the district court's injunction requiring them to allow witnesses to executions by lethal injection to view the procedure from the time the inmate is secured to the gurney until just after the pronouncement of death. The injunction was...

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