Biberdorf v. Oregon.

• Position: FALSE IMPRISONMENT/ARREST - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

FALSE IMPRISONMENT

Biberdorf v. Oregon, 243 F.Supp.2d 1145 (D.Or. 2002). A state prisoner who was denied credit for time served due to a record-keeping error, sued the state and a county under [section] 1983 and state law. The district court denied summary judgment on the issue of whether the error was the result of an official county policy that prohibited a detention records technician from counting the days that the inmate served for the same charge under two different court case numbers, and on the issue of discretionary immunity on the inmate's claim of false imprisonment. The court held...