Judges and Judiciary
Feb. 28, 2014
Longtime Eastern District judge to retire
U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton, who ruled in 1995 that California prison conditions violated the U.S. Constitution, is stepping down.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton, who ruled in 1995 that California prison conditions violated the U.S. Constitution, is stepping down.
The 78-year-old judge's role in that case led to his spot on a three-judge panel more than a decade later to address how to reduce the overcrowding that prohibited sufficient medical and mental health care. Karlton and the other two federal ...
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