Legal Opinion
Robert Griffin v. James Gomez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 28, 2014No. 09-16744, 11-15373PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEINFELD, Senior Circuit Judge:
We address enforcement of an order regarding conditions of confinement.
FACTS
Robert Lee Griffin has been imprisoned since 1970. He was originally convicted of robbery and burglary. He committed additional violent crimes while in prison, including murder of another inmate, earning a life sentence. During his confinement, he became a leader in a national prison gang, the Aryan Brotherhood. Because of his gang activities, he has been confined for many years to a “security housing unit” (“SHU”), to protect other prisoners from him and his gang underlings.…
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