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Supreme Court Overrules Judge’s Order Requiring Inmate Social Distancing, Daily Temperature Taking in Orange County, Calif.

Supreme Court Overrules Judge’s Order Requiring Inmate Social Distancing, Daily Temperature Taking in Orange County, Calif.
The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 10, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court voted 5–4 to pause a federal judge’s order requiring jails in Orange County, California, to enforce inmate social distancing and other hygienic practices.

The ruling in the case cited as Barnes v. Ahlman was issued late Aug. 5, and continues the court’s hands-off approach in which it defers to elected officials on how to handle the pandemic.
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