Updike v. Multnomah County, OR, Complaint, No ASL Services, 2014 Case 3:13-cv-01619-SI Document 60 Filed 06/01/14 Page 1 of 28 Daniel Snyder, OSB No. 783856 dansnyder@lawofficeofdanielsnyder.com Carl Post, OSB No. 061058 carlpost@lawofficeofdanielsnyder.com Cynthia Gaddis, OSB No. 113907 cindygaddis@lawofficeofdanielsnyder.com LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL SNYDER 1000 S.W. Broadway, Suite 2400 Portland, Oregon …
No “Reasonable Efforts” to Reunite Oregon Sex Offender with His Son by Mark Wilson No “Reasonable Efforts” to Reunite Oregon Sex Offender with His Son by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals held on July 3, 2013 that a juvenile court improperly assessed whether the Department of …
Oregon PPS Sanctions May Not Exceed 180 Days; Prior Contrary Ruling Overturned by Mark Wilson Oregon PPS Sanctions May Not Exceed 180 Days; Prior Contrary Ruling Overturned by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals has held that the Parole Board lacks authority to impose incarceration sanctions in …
Oregon Judge Scolded for Courtroom Rant by Mark Wilson Oregon Judge Scolded for Courtroom Rant by Mark Wilson The Oregon Supreme Court has publicly censured a trial court judge for a profanity-laced tirade during a sentencing hearing. In October 2011, Richard Lee Taylor, 60, was convicted of 21 …
No Discipline for Oregon Prosecutor and Defense Counsel for Illegal Confinement of Mentally Ill Defendant by Although the Oregon State Bar initially decided to pursue disciplinary charges against the district attorney for Washington County and a criminal defense attorney who represented a mentally ill defendant, for causing the defendant’s illegal …
Court Awards $802,176 in Fees, Costs in PLN Censorship Suit Against Oregon County by In March 2014, a U.S. District Court ordered Columbia County, Oregon to pay $763,803.45 in attorney’s fees and $38,373.01 in costs in a lawsuit raising claims of illegal censorship at the Columbia County Jail. Prison Legal …
Oregon Appellate Court Declines to Correct Unpreserved Sentencing Error Related to Restitution by Mark Wilson In May 2013, the Oregon Court of Appeals agreed that a trial court had committed plain error when it recommended that a defendant pay restitution in an amount to be determined by the Board of …
Sexual Abuse by Oregon Jail Guard Nets Probation; Defense Attorney Blames Victim by A former Oregon jail guard was sentenced to probation for sexually abusing a female prisoner after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge; his defense attorney blamed the incarcerated victim while the prosecutor defended the light sentence. The …
American Humanist Association & Holden v. USA et al, OR, Complaint, humanist religious rights, 2014 Case 3:14-cv-00565-HA Document 1 Filed 04/08/14 Page 1 of 43 Page ID#: 1 BENJAMIN W. HAILE, OSB #040660 Ben@portlandlawcollective.com Portland Law Collective, LLP 1130 SW Morrison St, Suite 407 Portland, OR 97205 Telephone: (503) 228-1889 …
Prison Legal News v. Columbia County, Order on Fees and Expenses 2014 Case 3:12-cv-00071-SI Document 277 Filed 03/24/14 Page 1 of 22 Page ID#: 5812 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, Case No. …
Lawsuits filed over Oregon Jail Death by The mother of a deceased prisoner has sued jail and hospital officials over the death of her son at the Marion County Jail (MCJ) in Salem, Oregon. On June 14, 2010, Robert Haws was arrested for several criminal offenses and a probation violation, …
Oregon Jail Guard Quits, Divorces Wife for Former Prisoner by "I crushed a dude’s eye socket from repeatedly punching him in it, then I charged him with menacing and harassment,” bragged Multnomah County, Oregon jail guard David B. Thompson in one of more than 1,700 messages he posted on an …
Johnson v. Corizon, OR, Complaint, Wrongful Death, Elden M. Rosenthal, OSB No. 72217 elden@rgdpdx.com John T. Devlin, OSB No. 042690 john@rgdpdx.com Rosenthal Greene & Devlin, P.C. 121 SW Salmon St., Suite 1090 Portland, OR 97204 Telephone: (503) 228-3015 Fascimile: (503) 228-3269 Of Attorneys for Plaintiff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR …
Millner v. Multnomah County, OR, Settlement, Failure to Treat Diabetes Effects, 2014 SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT I. THE PARTIES Franklin Delano M illner, along with his insurers, attorneys, he irs, successors, assigns, and/or transferees ("Plaintiff') . M ultnomah County, a long w ith its respective principals, agents, employees commissioners, affiliated …
Hagen v. Oregon DOC, OR, Complaint, Wrongful Death White Supremacists, 2014 SJ"ATE OF OREGON Manon County Circµit Courts .STATE. OF OR~GON Matlon CY'lnty Circuit Courts JAN 3 0 2014 . 'JAN 30 Z014 FILED E!~TERED 2 3 4 5 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON 6 FOR …
Unwanted Reprieve from Execution Upheld by Oregon Supreme Court by Christopher Zoukis As previously reported in PLN, Oregon death row prisoner Gary Haugen filed a legal challenge to Governor John Kitzhaber’s November 2011 decision to impose a moratorium on the state’s death penalty, which had the effect of granting Haugen …
Oregon: Life Sentence for Murder Unconstitutional During Eight-Month Period in 1999 by The Oregon Court of Appeals has held that for crimes committed between February 17, 1999 and October 23, 1999 (aka “the McLain window”), the only permissible sentence for a murder conviction was 300 months in prison followed by …
Oregon: Jury Trials Required When Prosecutors Treat Misdemeanors as Violations by The Oregon Court of Appeals held on September 26, 2012 that criminal defendants are entitled to jury trials and reasonable doubt determinations when misdemeanors are reduced to violations – a ruling that was subsequently affirmed by the state Supreme …
Oregon Considers Subsidizing Prison Medical Costs Through Medicaid by With health care expenses for prisoners consuming more than $208 million of the biennial budget for the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) – a 67% increase since 2005 – prison officials are desperate to contain costs. Correctional Health Partners (CHP), which …
