Case: Tetzlaff v. Swinney

3:87-cv-00202 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 29, 1987

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 1989

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Case Summary

In 1987, plaintiff filed a section 1983 pro se complaint against the Sheriff of Washoe County, Nevada. Plaintiff sought declaratory and injunctive relief and monetary damages for violations of his constitutional rights. In 1987, the district court for the District of Nevada (Chief Judge Edward C. Reed, Jr.) granted defendant's motion to dismiss in part because res judicata barred plaintiff's claim for declaratory and injunctive relief based on a prior class action concerning jail conditions that ended with a consent decree (see Johnson v. Galli). The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss in part because plaintiff's claim for monetary damages was not barred by prior litigation. Tetzlaff v. Swinney, 678 F. Supp. 812 (D. Nev. 1987). According to the original docket, the court dismissed the action with prejudice in 1989.

Summary Authors

Lauren Cutson (5/26/2005)

People


Judge(s)
Attorney for Plaintiff

Crowley, Martin G. (Nevada)

Fairey, W. Gaston (South Carolina)

Lewis, Dori A. (New York)

Plater, Joseph R. (Nevada)

Attorney for Defendant

Lane, Mills (Nevada)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

3:87-cv-00202

Docket

Sept. 6, 1989

Sept. 6, 1989

Docket
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3:87-cv-00202

Order

Dec. 18, 1987

Dec. 18, 1987

Order/Opinion

678 F.Supp. 678

Docket

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Case Details

State / Territory: Nevada

Case Type(s):

Jail Conditions

Key Dates

Filing Date: April 29, 1987

Closing Date: Aug. 29, 1989

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Detainee challenging unconstitutional conditions of confinement in the county jail

Plaintiff Type(s):

Private Plaintiff

Public Interest Lawyer: No

Filed Pro Se: Yes

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

Washoe County Jail (Washoe), County

Case Details

Causes of Action:

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Constitutional Clause(s):

Due Process

Due Process: Substantive Due Process

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Available Documents:

Trial Court Docket

Any published opinion

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff

Nature of Relief:

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Settlement

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Order Duration: 1987 - 1989

Issues

General:

Totality of conditions

Type of Facility:

Government-run