United States Ninth Circuit

Court not required to defer to conclusions of superintendent and clinical director of sexual offender rehabilitation facility that they have complied with previous court injunction where evidence from court appointed master and plaintiffs experts contradicted the conclusions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/30/2000
• Published 11/30/2000

Judges

• MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SCHROEDER, BEEZER, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronald L. Petersen and Jayzack J.S. White Crow-Reimer (Joel S. Reimer), Pro Se plaintiffs.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sarah J. Coats (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Olympia, Washington, for the defendants-appellants., John W. Phillips and Felix G. Luna, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Seattle, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellees Jerry R. Sharp, et al., Karen F. Jones (argued), Graham & James/Riddell Williams, Seattle, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellees Richard G. Turay, et al.