California's response to the Coleman v. Schwarzenegger order for a plan has been filed. The press release is here with links to the plan and data tables. The bright spot is that they are not totally caving in to Reinhardt et al., perhaps emboldened by the Supreme Court's warning shot across the panel's bow.

Hopefully, we will soon have some appealable grist for the Supreme Court's mill and an appropriate chastisement for the panel. What we really need, of course, is an order vacating the appointment of the panel and directing the USCA9 chief judge to appoint a panel that the public can have confidence in. That will take some doing.