Law Practice
Sep. 16, 2008
Governor Won't Have to Testify In Prison Health Care Litigation
If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has personal knowledge about the state's efforts to ease overcrowding in its prisons, he can't be forced to testify about it, a three-judge panel ruled Monday.
By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has personal knowledge about the state's efforts to ease overcrowding in its prisons, he can't be forced to testify about it, a three-judge panel ruled Monday. Plaintiffs' attorneys battling over the quality of health care in California prisons had sought depositions from Schwarzenegger and two of his top staffers. The panel reversed an earlier order by U.S. Magistrate...
Daily Journal Staff Writer If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has personal knowledge about the state's efforts to ease overcrowding in its prisons, he can't be forced to testify about it, a three-judge panel ruled Monday. Plaintiffs' attorneys battling over the quality of health care in California prisons had sought depositions from Schwarzenegger and two of his top staffers. The panel reversed an earlier order by U.S. Magistrate...
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