Expert’s appointment appealed in suit over care for inmates

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan is appealing the appointment of expert to examine the method for determining whether the state is making the changes it promised to make to health care in state prisons when it settled a lawsuit over inmate care.
U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver appointed Dr. Marc Stern last month amid complaints about irregularities and errors in monitoring compliance with the settlement.
Stern has served as an expert in similar inmate-care lawsuit