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HYDRICK v. HUNTER

No. 03-56712.

669 F.3d 937 (2012)

James Allen HYDRICK; David Lanphere; Shaundale Griffin; Frank Cisneros; Paul Pederson; Steven Robert Cerniglia; Gary Price; Daniel Mrowici; Kenneth Ciancio; Michael McClure; James Mata; Richard Bishop; Melvin Fields; Ron Lee; Leonard Pierre; Thomas Price; Jimmy Guthrie; Brian Kelly; Woodrow Jones; Vashon Jackson; Bruce Riley; Fred Scott; Dean Danforth; Sammy Page; James Peters; Grayling Mitchell; Carlos Saucedo; Anthony Dacayona; Charles Salas, et al, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Melvin E. HUNTER, aka/Jon DeMorales; Craig Nelson; Grenda Ernst, Defendants-Appellants, and Robert McDaniel; Jerry Reynolds; Robert Penate; Samuel Robinson; Mark Mahhoney; Stephen Mayberg; Anita Judd; Michael Hughes; Jim Vess; Jack Townsend; Mark Palmer; Rocky Spurgeon; Arnie Gobbell; Jim Wiley; Mark Kalionzes; Elaine Sherrill; Glan Mikel; Jan Maire Alarcon Baruch Margalit; William Knowlton; Diane Imram; Carmel Muller; Dale Arnold; Gabriella Paladino; Jean Dansereau; et al.; William Charles Thiel; Robert Douglas Lefort; Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Governor of California, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 12, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel E. Krischer , Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Randall R. Murphy , Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, HARRY PREGERSON, and STEPHEN S. TROTT, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns a class action by civilly committed persons ("Plaintiffs") confined at Atascadero State Hospital in Atascadero, California. Plaintiffs are confined at Atascadero State Hospital under California's Sexually Violent Predator Act. See Cal. Welf. & Inst.Code § 6600 et seq. The Defendants are administrators of the hospital and various state...

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