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Litigation

Mar. 15, 2013

Plaintiffs in prison overcrowding case respond to state

Plaintiffs in the mental-health portion of a lawsuit surrounding overcrowding in state prisons plan to file a brief Friday in federal court opposing the state's January motion to dismiss the case.


By Hamed Aleaziz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit about overcrowding in the state prison system hope to persuade a federal court that state officials have failed to amend the mental-health system in the institution.


Drawing on 11 depositions and numerous documents, including reports recently released through discovery, lawyers for the plaintiffs plan to file a brief Friday in federal court opposing the state'...

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