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GILMAN v. SCHWARZENEGGER

No. 10-15471.

638 F.3d 1101 (2010)

Richard M. GILMAN, James Masoner, Richard W. Brown, Chris Fowler, Edward Stewart, Mario Marquez, Richard Lewis, and Gloria Olson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor of California; Robert Doyle, Chairman of the Board of Parole Hearings; All Commissioners of the Board of Parole Hearings; All Deputy Commissioners of the Board of Parole Hearings Who Hear Lifer Cases, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 6, 2010.

Amended January 24, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence J. Cassidy , Michael W. Pott (argued), and Thomas L. Riordan , Porter Scott, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Daniel J. Broderick , Federal Defender, and David Porter and Monica Knox (argued), Assistant Federal Defenders, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: SUSAN P. GRABER, CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

The opinion filed on December 6, 2010 is hereby amended. No petition for panel rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc may be filed.

BEA, Circuit Judge:

OPINION

Plaintiffs are eight California life-term prisoners who represent a class of similarly situated California prisoners. They allege that Proposition 9, the "Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy's Law," which modifies the...

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