California remains in civil contempt for failing to provide constitutionally adequate mental-health care in its prisons, but a lower court must reconsider the state’s punishment, a federal appeals ...
A federal judge in Sacramento has put control of California prisons' mental health programs into a rare receivership, ...
He has also won numerous cases on behalf of California taxpayers in state ... Judge Yaffe had Mr. Fine handcuffed and thrown in jail for civil contempt of court for an indefinite period.