Schwarzenegger, Brown want to end prison receivership

SacBee: Capitol Alert ^ | 1/28/9 | Shane Goldmacher

[SmithL]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger administration officials and Attorney General Jerry Brown will hold a press conference this morning announcing that they are seeking to end federal court oversight of the health care system in California prisons.

The LAT's Michael Rothfield caught up with Brown:

"We believe the receivership has become a government unto itself, operating without accountability, without public scrutiny and without clear standards," Brown said Tuesday. "Tremendous sums have been spent, and tremendous progress has been made, but we feel that it's time to place the responsibility on the director of corrections and not have this parallel government operating on its own."

U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson seized control of the prison healthcare system nearly three years ago, amid what the judge ruled were too many unnecessary inmate deaths.

Henderson has since appointed J. Clark Kelso as the court's receiver in charge of rebuilding the health system. Kelso is not going away without a fight.

[SmithL]

Kelso is not going away without a fight.

And give up power???

[SmithL]

The Black-robed Tyrant:

Henderson, Thelton Eugene

Born 1933 in Shreveport, LA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Northern District of California
Nominated by Jimmy Carter on May 9, 1980, to a seat vacated by Cecil F. Poole; Confirmed by the Senate on June 26, 1980, and received commission on June 30, 1980. Served as chief judge, 1990-1997. Assumed senior status on November 28, 1998.

Education:
University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1956

University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1962

Professional Career:
U.S. Army Corporal, 1956-1958
Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1962-1963
Private practice, Oakland, California, 1964-1966
Directing attorney, East Bayshore Neighborhood Legal Center, East Palo Alto, California, 1966-1969
Assistant dean, Stanford Law School, 1968-1977
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1977-1980
Associate professor, Golden Gate University School of Law, 1978-1980

Race or Ethnicity: African American

Gender: Male

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[Mojave]

The prisons are full of illegals.