U.S. Supreme Court
Aug. 6, 2013
High court denies state's effort to stop prison population reduction
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected California's attempt to freeze a federal court order requiring the state to release thousands of prison inmates, a move some a bad sign for the state's pending effort to challenge the order on the merits.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected California's attempt to freeze a federal court order requiring the state to release thousands of prison inmates by the end of this year.
Earlier this month, the state requested that Justice Anthony Kennedy, who hears emergency issues for the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, stay a federal three-judge panel's order to reduce the state prison populati...
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