Bowlin v. Deschutes County

OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES M. BURNS, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

Federal courts used to be viewed as austere, even learned tribunals, normally charged with such duties as the interpretation of statutes enacted by Congress; once in a while we are asked to consider one of the cherished clauses of our Constitution; and for the rest we would on occasion ponder over lofty — and legally difficult— questions which may even on occasion attract the attention of the highest court in the land. Not any more.

Thanks to the expansion of civil rights jurisprudence, this is now a “doggie” 1 court. 2 Indeed this…