A woman who was sexually molested by a Clackamas County jail deputy has filed a $2 million federal lawsuit against the county.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland, alleges that former corrections deputy Darin L. Fox violated the woman's constitutional rights when he fondled her during county-sanctioned visits to her home. At the time, the woman was an inmate on electronic home detention and Fox was making sure she was following the conditions of her release from the

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Fox was convicted in June of official misconduct for having sexual relations with three inmates. In a plea-bargain, Fox was sentenced to 20 days in jail and was ordered to surrender his law-enforcement certification.

Clackamas County sheriff's detectives uncovered Fox's activities while investigating another former corrections deputy, Alan Dean Randol, who also was convicted of

sexual misconduct involving an out-of-custody inmate.

The civil lawsuit, filed by Portland attorney Martin C. Dolan, names

and

as defendants. The suit seeks compensatory and punitive damages totaling $2 million.

Assistant Clackamas County Counsel Edward S. McGlone III, who handles litigation for the county, said Thursday that he had not yet read the lawsuit and declined to comment.

The lawsuit alleges that the county subjected the woman to cruel and unusual punishment during Fox's home visits and that the county failed to train or supervise Fox.

The also suit claims that Fox's sexual contacts violated the woman's constitutional right to equal protection, that Fox stalked the woman while on duty and engaged in "harmful, offensive and insulting contact." In each case, the lawsuit says, Clackamas County was responsible for Fox's actions.

The lawsuit says Fox grabbed the woman, leaving marks and bruises, and told her no one would believe her if she reported the offense.

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