Plata v. Schwarzenegger, No. 08-17412 (9th Cir.) (560 F.3d 976) (March 25, 2009) (Judge Jr. William C. Canby)
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published in Punch and Jurists
February 23, 2009
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Reduction of Prison Population.
Plata v. Schwarzenegger, 560 F.3d 976 (9th Cir. Mar. 25, 2009) (Judge Canby)
Plata v. Schwarzenegger, No. CV 01-1351 THE (N.D.Cal. Mar. 24, 2009) (Judge Henderson)
We recently noted a case in which a special three-judge panel from California tentatively ruled that the state must reduce its prison population …
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