Sheriff's office: Federal consent decree negotiations, furloughed staff account for lawsuit records response time
 

Attorneys for Sheriff Marlin Gusman today filed a response to last week's motion to compel discovery by the Southern Poverty Law Center in the ongoing federal prisoners' rights suit the organization filed against the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office (OPSO) in April.


In its response, attorneys for OPSO deny SPLC's charges that staff members haven't been producing documents the organization has requested because they aren't taking the matter seriously.? [ Read more ]

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