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Mark Brnovich

Attorney General

Michael E. Gottfried

State Bar No. 010623

Assistant Attorney General

2005 North Central Avenue

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-1592

Telephone: (602) 542-7693

Fax: (602) 542-7670

E-mail: michael.gottfried@azag.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Ryan, Rittenhouse, Hood, 

Olson, Riggs and Guzman

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Prison Legal News, a project of the 

Human Rights Defense Center,

Plaintiff,

v.

Charles L. Ryan, et al.,

Defendants.

No. CV15-02245-PHX-ROS

NOTICE OF APPEAL

Notice is hereby given that Defendants Ryan, Rittenhouse, Hood, Olson Riggs 

and Guzman hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 

from the from the final judgment of the district court for the district of Arizona entered in 

this case on November 6, 2019 (doc. 306), including, but not limited to, the orders 

entered by the district court on November 6, 2019 (doc. 305) and March 8, 2019 (doc. 

260). A Representation Statement is attached pursuant to Ninth Circuit Rule 3-2(b).

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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 3rd day of December, 2019.

MARK BRNOVICH

Attorney General

/s/ Michael E. Gottfried

Michael E. Gottfried

Assistant Attorneys General

Attorneys for Defendants Ryan, Rittenhouse, 

Hood, Olson, Riggs and Guzman

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on December 3, 2019, I electronically transmitted the 

attached document to the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF System.

This document and the Notice of Electronic Filing were served on the same date 

on the following, who are registered participants of the CM/ECF System:

Lisa Ells

Caroline E. Jackson

Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP

101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-1738

Attorneys for Plaintiff Prison Legal News

Daniel Marshall

Masimba Mutamba

Human Rights Defense Center

P.O. Box 1151

Lake Worth, FL 33460-1151

Attorneys for Plaintiff Prison Legal News

David J. Bodney

Michael A. DiGiacomo

Ballard, Spahr LLP

1 East Washington Street, Suite 2300

Phoenix, AZ 85004-2555

Attorneys for Plaintiff Prison Legal News

s/L. Fuentes

Secretary to Michael E. Gottfried

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REPRESENTATION STATEMENT

Plaintiff is represented by:

Lisa Ells, Esq.

Caroline E. Jackson, Esq.

Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP

101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-1738

Telephone: (415) 433-6830

Fax: (415) 433-7104

lells@rbgg.com

cjackson@rbgg.com

Daniel Marshall, Esq.

Masimba Mutamba, Esq.

Human Rights Defense Center

P.O. Box 1151

Lake Worth, FL 33460-1151

Telephone: (561) 360-2523

Fax: (866) 735-7136

dmarshall@humanrightsdefensecenter.org

mmutamba@hrdc-law.org

David J. Bodney, Esq.

Michael A. DiGiacomo, Esq.

Ballard, Spahr LLP

1 East Washington Street, Suite 2300

Phoenix, AZ 85004-2555

Telephone: (602) 798-5400

Fax: (602) 798-5595

bodneyd@ballardsphar.com

digicomom@ballardsphar.com

All Defendants are represented by:

Michael E. Gottfried, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General

2005 North Central Avenue

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-1592

Telephone: (602) 542-7693

Fax: (602) 542-7670

michael.gottfried@azag.gov