PARSONS v. RYAN

Nos. 16-17282 17-15352 No. 17-15302.

912 F.3d 486 (2018)

Victor Antonio PARSONS; Shawn Jensen; Stephen Swartz; Sonia Rodriguez; Christina Verduzco; Jackie Thomas; Jeremy Smith; Robert Carrasco Gamez, Jr.; Maryanne Chisholm; Desiree Licci; Joseph Hefner; Joshua Polson; Charlotte Wells; Arizona Center for Disability Law, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Charles L. RYAN, Warden, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections; Richard Pratt, Interim Division Director, Division of Health Services, Arizona Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellants. Victor Antonio Parsons; Shawn Jensen; Stephen Swartz; Sonia Rodriguez; Christina Verduzco; Jackie Thomas; Jeremy Smith; Robert Carrasco Gamez, Jr.; Maryanne Chisholm; Desiree Licci; Joseph Hefner; Joshua Polson; Charlotte Wells; Arizona Center for Disability Law, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Charles L. Ryan, Warden, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections; Richard Pratt, Interim Division Director, Division of Health Services, Arizona Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas D. Acedo (argued), Rachel Love, and Daniel P. Struck, Struck Wieneke & Love P.L.C., Chandler, Arizona; Michael E. Gottfried, Assisant Attorney General; Mark Brnovich, Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellants.

Donald Specter (argued), Rita K. Lomio, Corene Kendrick, Alison Hardy, and Mae Ackerman-Brimberg, Prison Law Office, Berkeley, California; Amy Fettig (argued) and David C. Fathi, ACLU National Prison Project, Washington, D.C.; Amelia M. Gerlicher and Daniel C. Barr, Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Kathleen E. Brody, ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona; Rose A. Daly-Rooney and Maya Abela, Arizona Center for Disability Law, Tucson, Arizona; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Callahan


OPINION

In March 2012, prisoners in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC), together with the Arizona Center for Disability Law, brought a civil rights class action against senior ADC officials alleging systemic Eighth Amendment violations in Arizona's prison system. The inmates alleged that...

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