May 1, 2010
California can’t ditch prison medical receiver, court says
A federal appellate court on Friday rejected the Schwarzenegger administration's attempt to rid itself of the court-appointed receiver charged with bringing prison medical care up to a constitutional standard.
The record of the protracted class action lawsuit supports the trial judge's ruling that, contrary to the administration's argument, appointment of a receiver goes "no further than necessary to correct the constitutional violations, and was the least intrusive means," a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared.
"The state to this day has not pointed to any evidence that it could remedy its constitutional violations in the absence of the receivership," the judges said...
LINK - SacBee.com
