June 17, 2009
Judge sets deadline for Calif. prison decision
A federal judge on Tuesday gave the Schwarzenegger administration 15 days to sign an agreement intended to reform the health care system for California inmates and end a long and costly legal dispute.
Failure to do so would prompt a potential raid on the state treasury, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton warned.
Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate negotiated the tentative agreement last month with J. Clark Kelso, the court-appointed receiver overseeing prison medical reform…
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