Dianne Knox v. California State Employees Association

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DIANNE KNOX; WILLIAM L.  BLAYLOCK; ROBERT A. CONOVER; EDWARD L. DOBROWOLSKI, JR.; KARYN GIL; THOMAS JACOB HASS; PATRICK JOHNSON; JON JUMPER, On Behalf of Themselves and the Class They Seek to Represent, Plaintiffs-Appellees, No. 08-16645 v. D.C. No. CALIFORNIA STATE EMPLOYEES  2:05-CV-02198- MCE-KJM ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 1000, SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, OPINION AFL-CIO-CLC, Defendant-Appellant, and STEVE WESTLY, Controller, State of California, Defendant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the…