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RUIZ v. ESTELLE

No. 97-21003.

161 F.3d 814 (1998)

David R. RUIZ; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, United States of America, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W.J. ESTELLE; Texas Board of Corrections, Defendants-Appellees, v. Representative John CULBERSON; Senator J.E. Brown, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 20, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Brorby, William Bennett Turner, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marie K. McElderry, Mark L. Gross, Bill Maddox, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee.

Daniel E. Maeso, Austin, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee and Defendants-Appellees.

Drew Taylor Durham, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Gregory Scott Coleman, Edmund D. Daniels, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, T. Gerald Treece, Houston, TX, for Movants-Appellants.

Before KING, GARWOOD and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the attempt by appellants, two Texas state legislators, to intervene in the long pending suit concerning Texas prison conditions, which began more than twenty-five years ago. The district court denied appellants' motion to intervene under Fed.R.Civ.P., Rules 24(a)(1), 24(a)(2), and 24(b)(2).1 Because we conclude that 18 U.S.C. § 3626(a)(3)(F) grants the appellants "an unconditional right...

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