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Plata v. Schwarzenegger, No. C01-1351TEH (N.D.Cal.) (2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIX 8878) (May 10, 2005) (Judge Thelton E. Henderson)

Loaded on May 1, 2005 published in Punch and Jurists May 02, 2005
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Reduction of Prison Population.

Judge Thelton E. Henderson has never been bashful about exposing and condemning inhuman and unacceptable conditions in the state prisons in California. His brilliant 138-page decision in Madrid v. Gomez, 889 F.Supp. 1146 (N.D.Cal. 01/10/95) is still a classic: it was and is a scathing (and frightening) indictment of the ...

 

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  1. Plata v. Schwarzenegger, No. C01-1351TEH (N.D.Cal.) (2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIX 8878) (May 10, 2005) (Judge Thelton E. Henderson)
  2. U.S. v. Magallanez, No. 04-8021 (10th Cir.) (408 F.3d 672) (May 17, 2005) (Judge Michael W. McConnell)
  3. U.S. v. Coleman, No. CR-2-02-130 (S.D.Ohio) (370 F.Supp.2d 661) (May 24, 2005) (Judge Algenon L. Marbley)
  4. Deck v. Missouri, No. 04-5293 (U.S. Supreme Court) (544 U.S. 622; 125 S.Ct. 2007) (May 23, 2005) (Justice Breyer)
  5. Medellin v. Dretke, No. 04-5928 (U.S. Supreme Court) (544 U.S. 660; 125 S.Ct. 2088) (May 23, 2005) (Per Curiam)
  6. U.S. v. Pineyro, No. 02-cr-10140-NG (D.Mass.) (372 F.Supp.2d 133) (May 18, 2005) (Judge Nancy Gertner)

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