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HRDC Advances in Suit Against Centurion to Obtain New Mexico Prisoner Medical Litigation Records
by David M. Reutter
On December 11, 2021, New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court, County of Santa Fe, denied a motion to dismiss a suit filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), publisher of Prison Legal News (PLN) and Criminal Legal News (CLN), against Centurion Correctional Healthcare of New ...
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