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Government

Mar. 18, 2009

State Seeks Dismissal of Troubled Prisons' Receiver

The state of California wants to remove the receiver overseeing California's prisons and replace him with a special master who would have less oversight.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - An attorney representing the state told a federal judge Monday that his court lacked the authority to appoint a receiver to oversee California's troubled prison health care system.

The attorney for the receiver responded, however, that the state's motion had come too late to be considered.

U.S. Senior District Judge Thelton E. Henderson of San Francisco has yet to settle the confl...

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