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Case Name
Jordan v. Multnomah County
JC-OR-0006
Docket / Court
80-841 ( D. Or. )
State/Territory
Oregon
Case Type(s)
Jail Conditions
Case Summary
On September 18, 1980, plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against Multnomah County officials, challenging conditions in the Multnomah County Jail. Multnomah County Circuit and District Court judges entered as ...
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On September 18, 1980, plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against Multnomah County officials, challenging conditions in the Multnomah County Jail. Multnomah County Circuit and District Court judges entered as amicus curiae in the case. Apparently, there was significant litigation before 1989, but the PACER docket does not start until 1989, beginning with the 427th entry in the case. We therefore do not know much about the substance of this litigation, but from February 1989 until May 1990, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Judge James A. Reddon) monitored defendant Multnomah County for violations of a previous court order. On June 29, 1990 the court issued a final order in the case, ordering declaratory judgment. On August 13, 1997, the court terminated the final order in the case pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA").
Plaintiffs appealed the district court's judgment termination of the final order, contending that the PLRA was unconstitutional. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed, nothing that it had already ruled, in Gilmore v. California, 220 F.3d 987 (9th Cir. 2000), that the PLRA was constitutional. Jordan v. Multnomah Co., 230 F.3d 1367 (9th Cir. 2000). This is the final entry in the PACER docket.
David Terry - 05/02/2006
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
General
Totality of conditions
Type of Facility
Government-run
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. § 1983
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Multnomah County
Plaintiff Description
inmates at the Multnomah County Jail
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
Yes
Filed Pro Se
Unknown
Prevailing Party
Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer
Unknown
Nature of Relief
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief
Litigation
Order Duration
1990 - 1997
Filed
09/18/1980
Case Closing Year
1997
Case Ongoing
No
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Docket(s)
D. Or.
09/26/2000
80-841
JC-OR-0006-9000.pdf
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General Documents
U.S. Court of Appeals
08/30/2000
Memorandum
(230 F.3d 1367)
JC-OR-0006-0001.pdf
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Judges
Lay, Donald Pomery
(Eighth Circuit)
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McKeown, M. Margaret
(Ninth Circuit)
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Redden, James Anthony
(D. Or.)
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Tashima, Atsushi Wallace
(C.D. Cal., Ninth Circuit)
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Plaintiff's Lawyers
La Barre, Jerome E.
(Oregon)
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Rieke, Forrest N.
(Oregon)
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Steenson, Thomas M.
(Oregon)
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Defendant's Lawyers
Duffy, Sandra N.
(Oregon)
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Sponsler, Thomas C. Jr.
(Oregon)
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Other Lawyers
Abernethy, Pamela L.
(Oregon)
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Frohnmayer, David B.
(Oregon)
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Londahl, Jan Peter
(Oregon)
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