July 29, 2024
The California Supreme Court made clear that state law doesn't cover pretrial detainees' wage claims, the Ninth Circuit ruled, flipping a lower court's decision denying a California county and a correctional services company's bid to toss a wage suit.
November 22, 2022
A California county and a correctional services company asked the California Supreme Court to decline the Ninth Circuit's invite to clear up whether nonconvicted detainees could be paid for work they did in a jail, saying that state law answers that question.
November 02, 2022
The Ninth Circuit asked the California Supreme Court to untangle whether nonconvicted detainees could be paid for the kitchen work they performed for a company in an Alameda County jail, saying that there is no precedent the appeals court could rely on.