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'Super-lawyer' backs Marion County in Oregon State Hospital appeal

A different judge has once again denied an effort by Marion County to steer state psychiatric discharge policies in a new direction. Now prominent conservative attorney Jim Bopp is entering the fray.
April 9, 2024
 
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A view of the Oregon State Hospital in Salem on Nov. 21, 2023. | JAKE THOMAS

Adrienne Nelson, the federal judge who’s taken over a case overseeing the Oregon State Hospital, is a former public defender who’d become