The class-action lawsuit against the state covers about 5,000 people who were in custody in the state's prisons like the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem shown in this file photo.Īttorneys representing those in custody want to ask the former governor - under oath - about her decision to close two prisons during the pandemic and about information Brown received regarding an early release program plaintiffs’ attorneys argue “did not meaningfully reduce the prison population.” Beckerman’s order offers reasoning on how her ruling fits within the Ninth Circuit’s own rulings on similar cases.
“Although the Court agreed with Defendants that deposing Governor Brown while she remained in office would interfere with her official duties as governor, the demands of the job have now remitted.”Ī spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Justice confirmed Thursday that the state plans to appeal Beckerman’s decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. “Governor Brown was similarly elected from the mass of the people, and on the expiration of the time for which she was elected, she has returned to the mass of the people again,” Beckerman writes. They argued there were less intrusive means to get the same information and Brown was a high-ranking government official, which should protect her from being deposed. For years, attorneys representing the state successfully argued against deposing Brown.
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