United States Ninth Circuit

Where plaintiff class of prisoners failed to give timely notice of intent to seek extension of all provisions of a consent decree governing care services at the prison, evidentiary hearing was properly limited to only those provisions for which such notice was proper; prospective-relief provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act apply to plaintiffs' motion to extend jurisdiction, and Stipulation and Judgment expired on its own terms where prison conditions, including provision of health services, did not violate the Eighth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/08/2002
• Decided 04/26/2002
• Published 04/26/2002

Judges

• Before: THOMAS, GRABER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patricia J. Arthur,Columbia Legal Services, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carol A. Murphy and Wm. Andrew Myers, Assistant Attorneys General, Olympia, WA, for the defendants-appellees.