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WALKER v. GOMEZ

No. 99-55265.

370 F.3d 969 (2004)

Jamel WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James H. GOMEZ; Kingston W. Prunty; R.R. Rath, Correctional Sergeant, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 7, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. Jamel Walker, plaintiff-appellant in propria persona, Calipatria, CA; and Brett J. Williamson, Amy J. Laurendeau, and Christine E. Cwiertny, pro bono attorneys, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Newport Beach, CA; for the plaintiff-appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Assistant Attorney General, Paul D. Gifford, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Allen Crown, Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General, Darrell Lepkowsky, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Robert F. Helfand, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, a black California inmate, brings suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming he was denied equal protection because, during three prison lockdowns, he was not allowed to resume his prison job until after similarly-situated inmates of other races.

Facts

K. Jamel Walker is serving a life sentence in the custody of the California Department of Corrections, in Calipatria...

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