Dennis E. Jones-El v. Gerald A. Berge, Matthew J. Frank, and Jon E. Litscher

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• noting that the (citing Hallett v. Morgan, 296 F.3d 732, 743 (9th Cir. 2002)
• upholding enforcement order requiring prison in Wisconsin to install air conditioning based on plaintiff's claims they were subjected to extreme temperatures in violation of the Eighth Amendment
• “[A]n unappealable order is one that interprets or clarifies a prior order and does not create new rights or obligations independently enforceable through a contempt action.”
• “[A]n unappealable order is one that interprets or clarifies a prior order and does not create new rights or obligations independently enforceable through a contempt action.”
• “The consent decree itself was a final decision for purposes of § 1291, even though, as a complex equitable decree, it lacks the trappings of a readily-identifiable-as-final money judgment.”
• “So long as the underlying consent decree remains valid—and the defendants here have not (yet) made a § 3626(b) motion to terminate or modify the decree—the district court must be able to enforce it.”

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