Case: Stone v. City and County of San Francisco

3:78-cv-02774 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 1978

Closed Date: 1997

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Case Summary

A class of prisoners brought this civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California on December 1, 1978, against the City and County of San Francisco challenging the conditions of their confinement. More particularly, plaintiffs were objecting to the population level at San Francisco's jail on the sixth floor of the Hall of Justice ("Jail No. 1"). Plaintiffs were represented by several counsel, including the Equal Rights Advocates, Inc., in San Francisco.T…

The parties entered into a consent decree on July 15, 1982, requiring that the Jail's housing areas would not regularly house more inmates than the capacity set by the California Board of Corrections. In June, 1985, the plaintiffs moved to hold the City in contempt for violating the population level provision of the consent decree; the district court ordered the City to comply. After continued noncompliance, the district court allowed the City a period of time to present a plan for addressing the problem of overcrowding and appointed a Special Master (Allen F. Breed) to make recommendations. In August, 1987, the City agreed that the district court could impose monetary sanctions if it failed to comply with the consent decree. The court also granted special powers to the Sheriff, including the ability to release prisoners before they had served their full term, in order to meet the capacity level limits. Over the course of the next year, the district court expanded these powers of the Sheriff, but overcrowding continued. After allowing the City ample time to comply, the court ordered fines of $300 per inmate per day if the city failed to comply by March 15, 1989. The City complied by this date, and the district court extended the consent decree beyond its seven-year term and denied the pending contempt motion.

On December 17, 1991, after months of chronic overcrowding at Jail No. 1, the district court found the City in contempt, required immediate compliance, and imposed sanctions of $300 per day per inmate for each day after January 1, 1992, that the City violated the order. The court also expanded the Sheriff's powers for early release. The City filed a motion for stay of the order and reconsideration of the court's opinion; the District Attorney for the City filed an amicus brief urging invalidation of the portion of the court order that allowed the Sheriff to override state law and criminal sentences by releasing prisoners before they had completed their full sentence, citing federalism concerns.

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Judge Herbert Young Cho Choy) affirmed the contempt order, relying on two factors found by the district court: 1) the city's history of noncompliance with the population limits, and 2) the failure to comply despite the pendency of the contempt motion. Stone v. City & Co. of San Francisco, 968 F.2d 850 (9th Cir. 1992). Neither the City's intent to comply nor the financial constraints of compliance were defenses.

The Ninth Circuit further found that federal courts have very broad remedial powers, and that in certain situations, a federal court is justified in employing the early-release and state-law-override mechanisms. The Ninth Circuit found that the district court's original grants of early-release and state-law-override powers to the sheriff did not present federalism concerns, but that the subsequent expansion of these powers did. The district court had not made any finding that other alternatives were inadequate before it authorized this. Therefore, that portion of the order allowing the Sheriff to override applicable state law in conducting early release was vacated, and the rest of the order affirmed.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge William Horsley Orrick, Jr.) ruled on January 19, 1993, that the fines imposed as part of the contempt order did not accrue during the period in which the contempt order was stayed pending appeal. Stone v. City and Co. of San Francisco, 145 F.R.D. 553 (N.D.Cal. 1993).

According to the docket on PACER, subsequent litigation included disputes over attorney's fees and the defendants' overcrowding plan. On December 20, 1996, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Orrick) terminated the consent decree and dismissed the case with prejudice. An appeal was filed, but dismissed on January 22, 1997.

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People

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Judge(s)

Choy, Herbert Young Cho (Hawaii)

Farris, Joseph Jerome (Washington)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Cohen, Morton P. (California)

Attorney for Defendant

Aftergut, Dennis (California)

Judge(s)

Choy, Herbert Young Cho (Hawaii)

Farris, Joseph Jerome (Washington)

Orrick, William Horsley Jr. (California)

Rymer, Pamela Ann (California)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Cohen, Morton P. (California)

Hauser, John N. (California)

Parker, Beth H. (California)

Reid, Carolyn L. (California)

Attorney for Defendant

Aftergut, Dennis (California)

Renne, Louise H. (California)

Expert/Monitor/Master

Breed, Allen F. (California)

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Documents in this case

3:78-cv-02774	Docket Stone v. City & County of San Francisco	June 28, 2000	June 28, 2000 Docket
91-16927	Opinion Stone v. City & County of San Francisco U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit	Aug. 25, 1992	Aug. 25, 1992 Order/Opinion 968 F.2d 850
623 3:78-cv-02774	Opinion and Order Stone v. City & County of San Francisco	Jan. 19, 1993	Jan. 19, 1993 Order/Opinion 145 F.R.D. 553
92-00899	Memorandum Decision City & County of San Francisco v. Stone Supreme Court of the United States	Jan. 19, 1993	Jan. 19, 1993 Order/Opinion 506 U.S. 1081

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Title	Description		External URL Date / External URL
Stone v. City and County of San Francisco -- Impact of a Consent Decree on the Medical and Mental Health Services of a San Francisco County Jail Jutta Lungwitz		1989	Jan. 1, 1989

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Docket for: Stone v. SF City & County

ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
542	Aug. 13, 1989	DECLARATION by Dennis Aftergut on behalf of defendant re memorandum [541-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/16/1991)	RECAP
541	Aug. 24, 1989	MEMORANDUM by plaintiff in support of attorneys' fees (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/16/1991)	RECAP
451	Nov. 20, 1990	MOTION by defendant to vacate order and reject special master's award with Notice set for 12/20/90 2 p.m. (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/07/1990)	RECAP
455	Dec. 6, 1990	MEMORANDUM by plaintiff in opposition motion to vacate order and reject special master's award [451-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/07/1990)	RECAP
456	Dec. 6, 1990	DECLARATION by plaintiff Beth Parker re memorandum [455-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/07/1990)	RECAP
457	Dec. 6, 1990	PROOF OF SERVICE by plaintiff of docket #455 (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/07/1990)	RECAP
	Dec. 6, 1990	RECEIVED Proposed order to vacate submitted by plaintiff re: [455-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/07/1990)	PACER
	Dec. 6, 1990	RECEIVED Proposed order to vacate submitted by plaintiff re: [455-1] (ab, COURT STAFF)
458	Dec. 10, 1990	STIPULATION and ORDER by Senior Judge William H. Orrick : setting hearing on motion to vacate order and reject special master's award [451-1] 2:00 1/17/91 (cc: all counsel) (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1990)	RECAP
459	Dec. 12, 1990	MOTION by plaintiff for contempt with Notice set for 1/17/91 2 p.m. (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/14/1990)	RECAP
460	Dec. 13, 1990	MEMORANDUM by plaintiff in support of motion for contempt [459-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/14/1990)	RECAP
461	Dec. 13, 1990	DECLARATION by plaintiff Beth Parker re motion for contempt [459-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/14/1990)	RECAP
462	Dec. 13, 1990	PROOF OF SERVICE by plaintiff re motion for contempt (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/14/1990)	RECAP
463	Dec. 13, 1990	REPLY by defendant re [455-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/14/1990)	RECAP
	Dec. 13, 1990	RECEIVED proposed order submitted by plaintiff re: [459-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/14/1990)	PACER
	Dec. 13, 1990	RECEIVED proposed order submitted by plaintiff re: [459-1] (ab, COURT STAFF)
464	Jan. 3, 1991	OBJECTIONS by defendant to motion for contempt [459-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/07/1991)	RECAP
465	Jan. 3, 1991	DECLARATION of Pamela Ketzel by defendant re objection to motion for comtempt [464-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/07/1991)	RECAP
466	Jan. 3, 1991	DECLARATION of James F. Harrington in support of opposition by defendant re motion for contempt [459-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/07/1991)	RECAP
467	Jan. 3, 1991	DECLARATION of Peter Goldstein in support of opposition by defendant re motion for contempt [459-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/07/1991)	RECAP
468	Jan. 10, 1991	REPLY by plaintiff re [459-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/14/1991)	RECAP
469	Jan. 10, 1991	DECLARATION by plaintiff Morton Cohen (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/14/1991)	RECAP
470	Jan. 10, 1991	SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION by plaintiff Beth Parker (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/14/1991)	RECAP
471	Jan. 10, 1991	PROOF OF SERVICE by plaintiff of dockets 468-470 (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/14/1991)	RECAP
472	Jan. 18, 1991	CLERK'S NOTICE setting hearing on motion for contempt [459-1] 3:30 1/24/91 (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/22/1991)	RECAP
473	Jan. 23, 1991	OBJECTIONS by defendant to Special Master's l3th progress report (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/24/1991)	RECAP
474	Jan. 23, 1991	DECLARATION by defendant re objection [473-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/24/1991)	RECAP
475	Jan. 23, 1991	DECLARATION of Peter Goldstein by defendant re objection [473-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/24/1991)	RECAP
476	Jan. 23, 1991	DECLARATION of Dennis Aftergut by defendant re objection [473-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/24/1991)	RECAP
477	Jan. 24, 1991	MINUTES: ( C/R Colleen Stone) granting motion for contempt [459-1] motion set 2/28/91 3:30 p.m.; denying motion to vacate order and reject special master's award [451-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 01/25/1991)	RECAP
478	Feb. 27, 1991	Defendant's plan for assuring compliance with staffing requirements of consent decree (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 02/28/1991)	RECAP
479	March 1, 1991	MINUTES: 2/28/91 ( C/R Carl Pline) that the motion for contempt [459-1] is submitted (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 03/04/1991)	RECAP
480	March 6, 1991	PROOF OF SERVICE of stipulation (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 03/07/1991)	RECAP
481	March 11, 1991	STIPULATION and ORDER by Senior Judge William H. Orrick : submit defendant City and county of San Francisco's Forensic Services Long Term Health Plan dated 1/15/91. (cc: all counsel) (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 03/12/1991)	RECAP
482	March 12, 1991	PROOF OF SERVICE by defendant of stipulation (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 03/14/1991)	RECAP
483	April 1, 1991	ORDER by Senior Judge William H. Orrick (cc: all counsel) (ab, COURT STAFF) Modified on 12/10/1991 (Entered: 04/02/1991)	RECAP
484	April 1, 1991	Thirteenth PROGRESS REPORT of Special Master on Defendants' State of Compliance with Consent Degree (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 04/02/1991)	RECAP
487	April 8, 1991	MEMORANDUM by plaintiff in support of motion for attorney fees [486-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/10/1991)	RECAP
485	May 6, 1991	CLERK'S NOTICE that hearing re Long Term Overcrowding Plan is scheduled 5/23/91 2 p.m. (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/07/1991)	RECAP
486	May 8, 1991	MOTION by plaintiff for attorney fees with Notice set for 6/6/91 2 p.m. (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/10/1991)	RECAP
488	May 8, 1991	PROOF OF SERVICE by plaintiff of dockets No. 486-487 (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/10/1991)	RECAP
	May 8, 1991	RECEIVED proposed order granting plaintiffs interim fee application submitted by plaintiff (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/10/1991)	PACER
	May 8, 1991	RECEIVED proposed order granting plaintiffs interim fee application submitted by plaintiff (ab, COURT STAFF)
489	May 10, 1991	ORDER by Senior Judge William H. Orrick setting hearing on clerk notice [485-1] 2:00 6/20/91 (cc: all counsel) ( Date Entered 5/14/91) (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/14/1991)	RECAP
	May 20, 1991	RECEIVED stipulation to continue hearing on plaintiffs' interim motion for attorneys' fees submitted by defendant (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/21/1991)	PACER
	May 20, 1991	RECEIVED stipulation to continue hearing on plaintiffs' interim motion for attorneys' fees submitted by defendant (ab, COURT STAFF)
490	May 22, 1991	STIPULATION and ORDER by Senior Judge William H. Orrick : setting hearing on motion for attorney fees [486-1] 2:00 6/20/91 (cc: all counsel) (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/23/1991)	RECAP
491	May 30, 1991	MOTION by plaintiff for contempt with Notice set for 6/27/91 2 p.m. (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/31/1991)	RECAP
492	May 30, 1991	MEMORANDUM by plaintiff in support of motion for contempt [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/31/1991)	RECAP
493	May 30, 1991	DECLARATION by G.B. on behalf of plaintiff re motion for contempt [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/31/1991)	RECAP
494	May 30, 1991	DECLARATION by Morton Cohen on behalf of plaintiff re motion for contempt [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/31/1991)	RECAP
495	May 30, 1991	DECLARATION by Rory Worley on behalf of plaintiff re motion for contempt [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/31/1991)	RECAP
496	May 30, 1991	DECLARATION by John Stewart on behalf of plaintiff re motion for contempt [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/31/1991)	RECAP
497	May 30, 1991	DECLARATION by Beth Parker on behalf of plaintiff re motion for contempt [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/31/1991)	RECAP
498	May 30, 1991	DECLARATION by Morton Cohen on behalf of plaintiff re motion for contempt [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/31/1991)	RECAP
499	May 30, 1991	PROOF OF SERVICE by plaintiff of dockets No. 491-498 (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/31/1991)	RECAP
	May 30, 1991	RECEIVED proposed order finding defendants in contempt of court submitted by plaintiff re: [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 05/31/1991)	PACER
	May 30, 1991	RECEIVED proposed order finding defendants in contempt of court submitted by plaintiff re: [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF)
500	June 14, 1991	LETTER to clerk from Beth Parker dated 6/12/91 re motion for contempt and for approval of fee application to be heard 7/17/91. (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 06/18/1991)	RECAP
501	June 24, 1991	STIPULATION and ORDER by Senior Judge William H. Orrick : setting hearing on motion for contempt [491-1] 2:00 7/17/91 (cc: all counsel) (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 06/27/1991)	RECAP
502	June 24, 1991	CLERK'S NOTICE setting hearing on motion for contempt [491-1] continued by request of special master Breed 2:30 7/31/91 (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 06/27/1991)	RECAP
503	July 11, 1991	OPPOSITION by defendant to motion for contempt [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 07/15/1991)	RECAP
504	July 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Mary Ann de Souza on behalf of defendant re opposition [503-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 07/15/1991)	RECAP
505	July 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Scarlet Gordon on behalf of defendant re opposition [503-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 07/15/1991)	RECAP
506	July 11, 1991	DECLARATION by George Kowalski on behalf of defendant re opposition [503-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 07/15/1991)	RECAP
507	July 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Steven Lutes on behalf of defendant re opposition [503-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 07/15/1991)	RECAP
508	July 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Dennis Aftergut on behalf of defendant re opposition [503-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 07/15/1991)	RECAP
509	July 18, 1991	RESPONSE by defendant re motion for attorney fees [486-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 07/19/1991)	RECAP
510	July 25, 1991	REPLY memo by plaintiff re motion for contempt [491-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 07/26/1991)	RECAP
511	July 25, 1991	SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARTION of Beth Parker by plaintiff (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 07/26/1991)	RECAP
512	July 25, 1991	PROOF OF SERVICE by plaintiff of dockets No. 510-511 (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 07/26/1991)	RECAP
513	July 31, 1991	MINUTES: 7/31/91 ( C/R Judith Dudeck) that the motion for contempt [491-1] is submitted, granting motion for attorney fees [486-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 08/05/1991)	RECAP
514	Aug. 15, 1991	ORDER by Senior Judge William H. Orrick: McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen to receive $26,683.60 attorneys' fees and disbursement incurred between 6/90 and 3/31/91. Morton Cohen shall receive $47,406.50 for fees incurred 6/90 and 3/3l/9l. ( Date Entered: 8/16/91) (cc: all counsel) (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 08/16/1991)	RECAP
515	Sept. 23, 1991	LETTER dated 8/19/91 from Dennis Aftergut re requests to reduce population (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 09/25/1991)	RECAP
516	Sept. 23, 1991	ORDER by Senior Judge William H. Orrick ; In-court hearing 11/7/91 at 2:00 re defendants' plan to avoid further overcrowding in Jail No. 1 ( Date Entered: 9/25/91) (cc: all counsel) (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 09/25/1991)	RECAP
517	Sept. 26, 1991	REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT; Date of proceedings: 7/31/91 ( C/R: Judith Dudeck) (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 09/30/1991)	RECAP
518	Oct. 23, 1991	ORDER by Senior Judge William H. Orrick Cases related: 3:78-cv-2774 with member cases 3:91-cv-3453 ( Date Entered: 10/24/91) (cc: all counsel) (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 10/24/1991)	RECAP
519	Nov. 4, 1991	ORDER granting plaintiffs interim fee application ( Date Entered: 11/7/91) (cc: all counsel) (as, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 11/07/1991)	RECAP
520	Nov. 7, 1991	DECLARATION by Beth Parker on behalf of plaintiff Will Stone re motion for contempt [491-1] (cb, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 11/08/1991)	RECAP
521	Nov. 7, 1991	MINUTES: ( C/R Julianne Eber) Hearing re overcrowding submitted (cb, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 11/08/1991)	RECAP
522	Dec. 11, 1991	SUPPLEMENTAL OPPOSITION by defendant SF City & County to motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
523	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Dennis Aftergut on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
524	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Jeff Brown on behalf of defendant SF City & County re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
525	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Stephen C. Delaney on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
526	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Mary Ann deSouza on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
527	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Kevin Foster on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
528	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Peter Goldstein on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
529	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Michael Hennessey on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
530	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Richard D. Holder on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
531	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Paula Itaya on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
532	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by George Kowalski on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
533	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Michael LaVigne on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
534	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Sally Pina on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
535	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Gary Pisciotto on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
536	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Paul Principe on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
537	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Arlene Sauser on behalf of defendant SF City & County in support of opposition re motion for contempt [491-1] (dm, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/12/1991)	RECAP
543	Dec. 11, 1991	DECLARATION by Irving Reichert on behalf of defendant in support of supplemental opposition to motion for contempt (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/16/1991)	RECAP
538	Dec. 12, 1991	SUPPLEMENTAL memo of points and points of authorities by plaintiff in support of motion for contempt of overcrowding orders (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/16/1991)	RECAP
539	Dec. 12, 1991	DECLARATION by Beth Parker on behalf of plaintiff re [538-1] (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/16/1991)	RECAP
540	Dec. 13, 1991	MOTION by defendant to vacate order and to reject special master's award Unnoticed (ab, COURT STAFF) (Entered: 12/16/1991)	RECAP

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Case Details

State / Territory:

California

Case Type(s):

Jail Conditions

Special Collection(s):

California Jail Population Caps

Key Dates

Filing Date: Dec. 1, 1978

Closing Date: 1997

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Detainees in San Francisco's jail on the sixth floor of the Hall of Justice challenging the conditions of their confinement, mainly the population

Plaintiff Type(s):

Private Plaintiff

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: Unknown

Class Action Sought: Yes

Class Action Outcome: Granted

Defendants

City

City of San Francisco

County

County of San Francisco

Case Details

Causes of Action:

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Constitutional Clause(s):

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Due Process

Equal Protection

Other Dockets:

Northern District of California 3:78-cv-02774

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 91-16927

Supreme Court of the United States 92-899

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 92-16579

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 93-15314

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 94-16015

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 96-15935

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 96-15936

Available Documents:

Any published opinion

Trial Court Docket

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed

Relief Granted:

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Litigation

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Order Duration: 1982 - 1996

Issues

General/Misc.:

Conditions of confinement

Jails, Prisons, Detention Centers, and Other Institutions:

Crowding (General)

Recommended Citation

Case Summary of Stone v. City and County of San Francisco, Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/40/ (last updated 2/5/2006).