PARSONS v. RYAN

No. 18-16358 Nos. 18-16365, 18-16368 No. 18-16424.

949 F.3d 443 (2020)

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; Arizona Center For Disability Law; Charlotte Wells, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Charles L. RYAN, 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, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Arizona Center For Disability Law, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Charles L. Ryan, 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, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Arizona Center For Disability Law, Plaintiff, v. Charles L. Ryan, 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 January 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Berg (argued), Todd Kartchner , Courtney R. Beller , and Shannon McKeon , Fennemore Craig P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; Nicholas D. Acedo (argued), Daniel P. Struck , and Rachel Love , Struck Love Bojanowski & Acedo PLC, Chandler, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Corene T. Kendrick (argued), Donald Specter , and Rita K. Lomio , Prison Law Office, Berkeley, California; David C. Fathi , Amy Fettig , and Jennifer Wedekind , ACLU National Prison Project, Washington, D.C.; Maya S. Abela and Rose A. Daly-Rooney , Arizona Center for Disability Law, Tucson, Arizona; for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and J. Clifford Wallace and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The consolidated appeals in this comeback case arise from a class-action by prisoners in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) against senior ADC officials (Defendants), in which certain prisoners (Plaintiffs) challenged ADC's provision of healthcare. Defendants appeal from eleven district...

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