9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nov. 29, 2018
9th Circuit rejects state challenge to order requiring timely transfer of mentally ill prisoners
California prison officials must continue to comply with a court order requiring timely transfers of mentally ill inmates, a federal appeals court has ruled, despite the state’s protestation that, among other things, its jail population is too large to meet such a stringent demand.
California prison officials must continue to comply with a court order requiring timely transfers of mentally ill inmates, a federal appeals court has ruled, despite the state's protestation that, among other things, its jail population is too large to meet such a stringent demand.
In two unpublished orders released Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said requirements that prison officials transfe...
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