Lynch v. Leis.U.S. Appeals Court TELEPHONE ACCESS TO COUNSEL Lynch v. Leis, 382 F.3d 642 (6th Cir. 2004). A detainee de·tain·ee n. A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee. Noun 1. detainee - some held in custody political detainee joined a class action that challenged a county policy that allowed prisoners to make only collect telephone calls, which in combination with the public defender's policy of refusing collect calls operated to deny pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. detainees their right to counsel. The district court found a Sixth Amendment violation of the pretrial detainees' rights and ordered an injunction. The county complied with the injunction. The district court awarded attorney fees to the detainee and the defendants appealed. The appeals court reversed, finding that the detainee lacked the standing to join the class action suit and thus was not entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to attorney fees. (Hamilton County Hamilton County is the name of a number of counties in the United States of America, named for Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the Treasury (except as indicated below):
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