Case: Davis v. Friese

3:83-01272 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 1983

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Case Summary

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).

Summary Authors

Tom Madison (3/14/2006)

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Case Details

State / Territory: Oregon

Case Type(s):

Jail Conditions

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:

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Constitutional Clause(s):

Due Process

Due Process: Procedural Due Process

Available Documents:

None of the above

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: 1986 - None

Issues

General:

Access to lawyers or judicial system

Affected Sex or Gender:

Female

Type of Facility:

Government-run