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Litigation

Mar. 28, 2013

Judge to decide fate of prison suit

The fate of a decades-long lawsuit regarding conditions in California state prisons will be in the hands of a federal judge Wednesday as plaintiffs and the state face off over the state's motion to dismiss the case entirely.


By Hamed Aleaziz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The fate of a decades-long lawsuit regarding conditions in California state prisons will be in the hands of a federal judge Wednesday as plaintiffs and the state face off over the state's motion to dismiss the case entirely.


The hearing marks the first time the two sides have met in court since prison officials filed the dismissal motion in January arguing they had fixed state prisons' inmate...

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