FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION OF ARIZONA, INC. v. RYAN

No. 17-16330.

938 F.3d 1069 (2019)

FIRST AMENDMENT COALITION OF ARIZONA, INC.; Charles Michael Hedlund; Graham S. Henry; David Gulbrandson; Robert Allen Poyson; Todd Smith; Eldon M. Schurz; Roger Scott, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Charles L. RYAN, Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections; Unknown Parties, named as: John Does-unknown ADC Personnel, in their official capacities as Employees, Contractors, and/or Agents of the Arizona Department of Corrections; Greg Fizer, Warden, ASPC-Florence, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collin P. Wedel (argued), Joshua E. Anderson , Alycia A. Degen , and Katherine A. Roberts , Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, California; Jon M. Sands , Federal Public Defender; Dale A. Baich and Jessica L. Felker , Assistant Federal Public Defenders; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Phoenix, Arizona; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Dominic E. Draye (argued), Solicitor General; Lacey Stover Gard , Chief Counsel; Mark Brnovich , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellees.

Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Berzon


OPINION

The plaintiffs in this case are seven Arizona death-row inmates and the First Amendment Coalition of Arizona, a non-profit organization that seeks to advance free speech, accountable government, and civic participation. They brought this action against officials of the Arizona Department of Corrections ...

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