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NORWOOD v. VANCE

Nos. 07-17322, 08-15778.

572 F.3d 626 (2009)

Gregory Lynn NORWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steve J. VANCE; Mike Knowles, Warden, CSP-Sacramento; Thomas P. Goughnour; Michael F. Martel; David I. Willey; Cheryl Pliler, Former Warden at CSP; James P. Walker, Associate Warden, Defendants-Appellants. Gregory Lynn Norwood, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steve J. Vance; Mike Knowles, Warden, CSP-Sacramento; Thomas P. Goughnour; James P. Walker, Associate Warden; David I. Willey; Cheryl Pliler, Former Warden at CSP, Defendants-Appellants, and Michael F. Martel, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter White, Supervising Attorney, and Erin Haney, Certified Law Student, U.C. Davis School of Law, King Hall Civil Rights Clinic, Davis, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Christopher J. Becker, Esquire, Jim Sobolewski, James Flynn, Deputy Attorneys General, Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Before ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, SIDNEY R. THOMAS and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:

We consider when prison officials may be held liable for depriving inmates of outdoor exercise.

Facts

Gregory Norwood was incarcerated at CSP-Sacramento, a maximum security prison, during a particularly violent period in the prison's history. Norwood brought this section 1983 action alleging that prison officials violated the Eighth Amendment when they denied him outdoor exercise during four separate extended lockdowns over...

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