Court Rejects Florida Prison Privatization Appeal
The three-judge panel ruled on Tuesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi couldn't appeal on her own
Tuesday, Jul 24, 2012 | Updated 11:13 AM EDT
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi participate in a news conference about the Supreme Court's second day of hearings on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act March 27, 2012 in Washington, DC.
An appellate court has rejected Attorney General Pam Bondi's appeal of ruling against the Legislature's plan to privatize nearly 30 prison facilities in South Florida.
A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday that Bondi couldn't appeal on her own after the Department of Corrections declined to do so.
Leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature had urged her to appeal.
One of Bondi's assistants acknowledged during oral argument last month that it was too late to carry out the privatization due to the expiration of a budget provision authorizing the plan.
Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Glogau, though, asked for a ruling to set a precedent for future budgets. A circuit judge ruled the privatization should have been in a stand-alone law instead of the budget.
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