9th Circuit Wants California to Pay for Latest Appeal in Prisons Dispute
A 9th Circuit panel has slapped the state of California with sanctions after the attorney general filed a fifth meritless appeal in ongoing prison conditions litigation. The $13,500 in sanctions is minuscule compared to the millions of dollars the state has paid to defend class actions brought by inmates over medical and mental health care. But it's also indicative of state leaders' almost automatic inclination to challenge many of the prison-related orders handed down by federal courts and court-appointed receivers.
