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Federal Appeals Court in California
Coverage of Federal Appeals Court in California in the Nexus archive.
- Conception dive boat captain faces prison in deadly fire after appeals court refuses rehearing
A federal appeals court in California upheld the manslaughter conviction of the Conception dive boat captain in the 2019 fire that killed 34 people. The court's refusal to rehear the case confirms the captain's potential prison sentence for the deadliest U.S. peacetime maritime disaster since 1980.