The detention facilities that housed juveniles in the Luzerne County “kids-for-cash” scandal won’t be able to get the teens’ criminal records during discovery in a civil action brought by dozens of the teens who were put away, a federal judge has ruled.
The three defendants, referred to as the provider defendants, sought the records so that they could prove that the juveniles were deprived of their constitutional rights because of their own conduct rather than because of collusion between two former Luzerne County judges and the developer of the detention centers.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
