Barbara Doty, and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. County of Lassen, and Ronald D. Jarrell as Sheriff, and Individually
Opinion
Opinion
Wilson, J.
On July 25,1989, certain inmates at the old Lassen County Jail (“Old Jail”) brought suit against the County of Lassen (“County”) and the Sheriff of the County of Lassen under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that conditions in the Old Jail violated the First, Fourth and Eighth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. Among Other things, the prisoners alleged overcrowding, inadequate clothing, inadequate medical, dental and mental health care, inadequate privacy for conversations with attorneys, and unequal access to programs for women prisoners. Plaintiffs sought a broad set of injunctive remedies.
When the suit, was filed, Lassen County was developing and implementing plans for construction of a new,, much larger jail (“New Jail”).
On October 17, 1989, the District Court approved a stipulated order preliminarily enjoining certain Old Jail conditions, primarily overcrowding.
On April 25, 1990, defendants made an offer, of judgment pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 68. Plaintiffs rejected this offer. On July 6, 1990, defendants made a second offer of-judgment limited to the medical care issues.…