U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Sep. 8, 2012
Disabled parolees sent to county jails not state's responsibility, lawyers argue
Lawyers for Gov. Jerry Brown tried hard to persuade a skeptical 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel late Wednesday that the state is no longer responsible for the care of the disabled parolees it sends to county jails.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Lawyers for Gov. Jerry Brown tried hard to persuade a skeptical 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel at oral argument late Wednesday that the state is no longer responsible for the care of the disabled parolees it sends to county jails.
The panel appeared to struggle to make sense of the state's claim that each county is the proper target of a massive inmate civil rights suit ongoing since 1994 ...
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