Federal Judge: Inmates Entitled to Stimulus Checks

A federal district judge in San Francisco has ruled that it is unlawful for the Internal Revenue Service to deny federal coronavirus Cares Act stimulus checks to criminals serving time in state prison.  Evan Symon of the California Globe reports that Judge Phyllis Hamilton announced that the Treasury Department and the IRS have until the end of October to send the checks or the court will most likely order them sent.  The ruling stems from a class action lawsuit brought by inmates and inmate families.  The government said that it will appeal the ruling.