U.S. Eastern District of California (Sacramento)
By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - A little more than a decade into his bench career, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton was assigned a case about inadequate mental health treatment for California inmates. Now, 22 years later, he is still working on that case, ensuring the state of California meets his order to reduce overcrowding in prisons.
Karlton, the most senior member of the federal bench in the Eastern District, has presi... (continued)
