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TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION v. WASH. DEPT. OF CORR.

No. 13-35331.

789 F.3d 979 (2015)

TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 117, a Washington corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant-Appellee, Jane Doe Class, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 12, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer Nathan Thal (argued), General Counsel, and Daniel A. Swedlow , Senior Staff Attorney, Teamsters Local Union No. 117, Tukwila, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter B. Gonick (argued), Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, Kara A. Larsen , Senior Counsel, and Ohad M. Lowy , Assistant Attorney General, Washington State Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Appellee.

Nicholas B. Straley (argued) and Melissa R. Lee , Columbia Legal Services, Seattle, WA, for Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, M. Margaret McKeown, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

For years, Washington faced problems common to a number of states in their women's prisons: sexual abuse and misconduct by prison guards, breaches of inmate privacy, and security gaps. A primary driver, according to prison authorities, was the lack of female correctional

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