No. 09- IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ___________ GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al., Appellants, v. MARCIANO PLATA AND RALPH COLEMAN, et al., Appellees. ___________ Appeal from the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of California and the Northern District of California ___________ JURISDICTIONAL STATEMENT ___________ EDMUND G. BROWN JR. CARTER G. PHILLIPS* ATTORNEY GENERAL OF EAMON P. JOYCE CALIFORNIA SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP JAMES M. HUMES 1501 K Street, N.W. CHIEF DEPUTY ATTORNEY Washington, DC 20005 GENERAL (202) 736-8000 MANUEL M. MEDEIROS
[email protected] STATE SOLICITOR GENERAL GORDON BURNS JERROLD C. SCHAEFER DEPUTY SOLICITOR GENERAL PAUL B. MELLO JONATHAN L. WOLFF S. ANNE JOHNSON ROCHELLE C. EAST SAMANTHA D. WOLFF SENIOR ASSISTANT RENJU P. JACOB ATTORNEYS GENERAL HANSON BRIDGETT LLP KYLE A. LEWIS 425 Market Street DANIELLE F. O’BANNON 26th Floor DEPUTY ATTORNEYS San Francisco, CA 94105 GENERAL (415) 777-3200 455 Golden Gate Avenue Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 (415) 703-5500 Counsel for Appellants April 12, 2010 *Counsel of Record QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the three-judge district court had juris- diction to issue a “prisoner release order” pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 18 U.S.C. § 3626. 2. Whether the court below properly interpreted and applied Section 3626(a)(3)(E), which requires a three-judge court to find, by clear and convincing evidence, that “crowding is the primary cause of the violation of a Federal right; and … no other relief will remedy the violation of the Federal right” in order to issue a “prisoner release order.” 3.