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State asks court to dismiss prisoner health suit
By tucson.com- Howard Fischer
Published: 07/31/2014

PHOENIX — The state is asking federal judge to throw out a lawsuit filed on behalf of more than 34,000 inmates, saying there’s no evidence each and every prisoner is at risk.

Attorney Daniel Struck, who is leading the state’s defense, told U.S. District Judge Neil Wake the allegations presented by lawyers for the inmates amount to little more than “anecdotal evidence” that some prisoners may have had some problems.

Struck also argued some of the conditions cited have been remedied. And he said there are legitimate reasons for others, like having lights on 24 hours a day in some cells.

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