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RUIZ v. U.S.

No. 99-20228.

243 F.3d 941 (2001)

David RUIZ, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division; Allen B. Polunsky; Carole S. Young; John R. Ward, Member, Texas Board of Criminal Justice; John David Franz; Nancy Patton, Member, Texas Board of Criminal Justice, Carol S. Vance, Member, Texas Board of Criminal Justice; Patricia Day; Alfred C. Moran; Alfred M. Stringfellow, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, Representative John Culberson; Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown, Intervenor Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Revised March 20, 2001.

Revised March 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Brorby (argued), San Francisco, CA, William Bennett Turner, Rogers, Joseph, O'Donnell & Quinn, San Francisco, CA, for Ruiz.

Kevin K. Russell (argued), Mark L. Gross, Marie K. McElderry, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.

Gregory Scott Coleman (argued), Sharon Felfe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees and Intervenor Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Texas prison officials appeal from the district court's denial of their motions to terminate prospective relief pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 3626(b)(1) and (b)(2). For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The almost 30-year history of this case is well known within this circuit. In 1972, David Ruiz and other inmates ("inmates") filed civil rights claims pursuant to 42...

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