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Government

Mar. 30, 2011

Circuit Court Keeps Carona Claim Alive

Orange County's disgraced ex-Sheriff Michael Carona is doing federal time, and he's still in legal hot water thanks to a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion Monday keeping alive a deputy's retaliation claim.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Orange County's disgraced ex-Sheriff Michael Carona is doing federal time in Colorado following his conviction on witness tampering charges, and he's still in legal hot water back home, thanks to a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion Monday keeping alive a deputy's retaliation claim.


A circuit panel's 2-1 decision reversed U.S. District Judge James V. Selna of Santa Ana. Carona ap...

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