The following excerpt is from Ervin v. California Dep't of Corr. & Rehab., CASE NO. 1:10-cv-01859-AWI-SMS PC, ECF No. 16, ECF No. 19 (E.D. Cal. 2011):
equitable relief from alleged unconstitutional prison conditions that are the subject of an existing class action "must be made through the class representative until the class action is over or the consent decree is modified." McNeil v. Guthrie, 945 F.2d 1163, 1166 (10th Cir.1991).
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