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Litigation

Mar. 19, 2013

Plaintiffs in prison suit slam state's experts

Plaintiffs in the mental-health portion of the prison-overcrowding lawsuit responded to the state's request that the case be dismissed with filings that slammed the state's experts on Friday.


By Hamed Aleaziz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging California prison conditions slammed the state's expert witnesses on Friday in a lengthy response to officials' request to dismiss the suit.


Lawyers for prisoners claimed the experts, who toured correctional facilities last year to evaluate alleged unconstitutional deficiencies in inmate care, overlooked vital details. The experts had been "primed with...

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