Filed Date: Aug. 23, 1983
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Female inmates confined in the Washington County Jail in Hillsboro, Oregon, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against the county under 42 U.S.C. §1983 requesting that the county provide them with adequate and private space in which they could confer with their attorneys at the jail. The District Court (Magistrate Judge Michael R. Hogan) entered a consent decree on June 16, 1986, requiring the county to make private and confidential space within the jail available to female inmates to have attorney-inmate conferences.
The docket in this case was not available from PACER. All the information on the case that we have gathered is from a reported opinion in the related case Steinke v. Washington County (JC-OR-003) (regarding criminal defense attorneys' right to confidential interviews with their clients, inmates at the Washington County Jail). Steinke v. Washington County, 857 F.Supp. 55 (D.Or. 1994).
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Tom Madison (3/14/2006)
Last updated Feb. 15, 2024, 3:20 a.m.
Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory: Oregon
Case Type(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Aug. 23, 1983
Case Ongoing: No reason to think so
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Female inmates confined in the Washington County Jail in Hillsboro, Oregon
Public Interest Lawyer: Unknown
Filed Pro Se: Unknown
Class Action Sought: Unknown
Class Action Outcome: Unknown
Defendants
Washington County Jail (Hillsboro), County
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Constitutional Clause(s):
Due Process: Procedural Due Process
Available Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration: 1986 - None
Issues
General:
Access to lawyers or judicial system
Affected Sex or Gender:
Type of Facility: