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ARMSTRONG v. NEWSOM

Nos. 20-16921, 21-15614.

58 F.4th 1283 (2023)

John ARMSTRONG; James Amauric; Richard Ponciano; Jack Swensen; Billy Beck; Judy Fendt; Walter Fratus; Gregory Sandoval; Darlene Madison; Peter Richardson; Steven Hill; David Rose; David Blessing; Elio Castro; Elmer Umbenhower; Raymond Hayes; Gene Horrocks; Kiah Mincey; Clifton Feathers; Willie Johnson; David Badillo; James Simmons; Flora Abrams; Joey Gough; Timothy Whisman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gavin NEWSOM, Governor; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 2, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jamie M. Ganson (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Alicia Anne Bower , Deputy Attorney General; Trace Maiorino , Deputy Attorney General; Neah Huynh , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Monica N. Anderson , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Rob Bonta , Attorney General of California, Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, California; for Defendants-Appellants.

Gay Crosthwait Grunfeld (argued), Michael W. Bien , Michael L. Freedman , Benjamin Joseph Bien-Kahn , Ernest Galvan , and Adrienne Pon Harrold , Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP, San Francisco, California; Donald Specter , Rita K. Lomio , Alison Hardy , Sara Norman , and Margot Mendelson , Prison Law Office, Berkeley, California; Linda D. Kilb Claudia Center, and Arlene B. Mayerson , Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund Inc., Berkeley, California; Geoffrey Holtz , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before: Susan P. Graber, Michelle T. Friedland, and Eric D. Miller, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Nearly thirty years ago, a class of California prisoners challenged in federal court the State's treatment of disabled inmates. The district court concluded that California prisons were failing to provide legally required accommodations, and our court affirmed. Since then, the State has struggled to remedy...

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