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Judge Threatens Arizona Officials with Contempt Over Inadequate Prisoner Medical Care
Loaded on May 7, 2018
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2018, page 28
Filed under:
Corizon,
Contractor Misconduct,
Private Contractors,
Failure to Treat,
Contempt (Civil Procedure).
Location:
Arizona.
by David M. Reutter
On October 10, 2017, a federal district court in Arizona issued an order requiring officials with the Department of Corrections (DOC) to show cause why they should not be held in contempt of a 2014 court-enforced settlement agreement. U.S. Magistrate Judge David K. Duncan also threatened …
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