Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Lewis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 29, 2000No. Nos. 98-16821, 98-16851PublishedCited by 780 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge W. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge SNEED.
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
These class actions arose from two disturbances in the Arizona State Prison in Safford, Arizona: one in August 1995 and the other in December of the same year. Although the district court resolved the cases separately, we consolidate them because they are factually similar and present identical legal issues. In each case, prison officials quelled the disturbance and then held all of the inmates in the affected unit out-of-doors while they investigated the incident and searched the prison buildings. The appellants,…
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