On April 22, 1986, prisoners at the Oregon State Prison filed a class action lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. On June 9, 1988, the parties entered into a consent decree, and the plaintiffs asked the court to hold the ...
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On April 22, 1986, prisoners at the Oregon State Prison filed a class action lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. On June 9, 1988, the parties entered into a consent decree, and the plaintiffs asked the court to hold the defendants in contempt and enforce the decree when the defendants later disobeyed the decree by refusing to have a corrections sergeant undergo psychiatric evaluation or mediation.
On August 23, 1989, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Judge James Redden) refused to enforce the consent decree or hold the defendants in contempt. On September 21, 1989, the plaintiffs appealed the district court's decision.
On April 12, 1991, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Judges William Canby, Stephen Trott, and Charles Legge) reversed the district court's decision and remanded the case, with instructions to order the corrections sergeant to undergo psychiatric evaluation and mediation and to award attorneys' fees to the plaintiffs. Marrs v. Cox, 1991 WL 54873 (9th Cir.Or. April 12, 1991).
On February 14, 1992, the court entered the corrections sergeant's psychiatric evaluation into the record. On July 17, 1992, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Judge Redden) ordered the defendants to pay the plaintiffs $8,830.75 in attorneys' fees and expenses.
Kristen Sagar - 03/16/2006
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