BROWN v. CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 07-55409.

554 F.3d 747 (2009)

Liza BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, a Department of the State of California; California Board of Prison Terms; Susan E. Poole; Mitchell Harris; Keith Thompson; Steve Cooley; Kathleen Tuttle, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Hamlish, Westlake Village, CA, for appellant Liza Brown.

Jennifer A.D. Lehman, Senior Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees Steve Cooley, Mitchell Harris, Keith Thompson and Kathleen Tuttle.

Leena M. Sheet, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees California Department of Corrections, Board of Prison Terms, and Warden Susan Poole.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Liza Brown challenges the district court's grant of summary judgment premised in part on Appellees' immunity from Brown's claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Brown was released from prison pursuant to our prior grant of her habeas petition. We held that Brown was entitled to release from prison based on an oral plea agreement providing that, if she did not violate prison disciplinary rules, she would be released in seven and one...

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