CALIFORNIA FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION v. CALDERON

No. C-96-1291-VRW.

88 F.Supp.2d 1083 (2000)

CALIFORNIA FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION and Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter, Plaintiffs, v. Arthur CALDERON, Warden of San Quentin State Prison and James H. Gomez, Director of the California Department of Corrections, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

January 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan L. Schlosser, Kelli Evans, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern CA Inc., San Francisco, CA, Jeffrey S. Ross, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, San Francisco, CA, Michael J. Kass, Jill Hersh, Friedman Ross & Hersh, P.C., San Francisco, CA, Lynne S. Coffin, Coffin & Love, San Francisco, CA, David M. Fried, Law Office of David Fried, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs.

Karl S. Mayer, State Atty. General's Office, San Francisco, CA, for Arthur Calderon, James Gomez, defendants.

Susan Duncan Lee, Ronald E. Niver, Bill Lockyer, David P. Druliner, State Atty. General's Office, San Francisco, CA, for Jeanne Woodford, Cal Terhune, defendants.


ORDER.

WALKER, District Judge.

Following the execution of William George Bonin in February of 1996, plaintiffs initiated this action seeking to enjoin defendants to allow witnesses of executions to view earlier stages of the execution process than were then permitted. At the Bonin execution, the witnesses were only permitted to view the proceedings after Bonin had already been strapped to the gurney and intravenous tubes had been inserted into his arms....

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