The court filing was hard to miss: “In the Matter of the Seizure of Briefcase of Attorney Jonathan Ogden.”
FBI agents detained the Portland lawyer last Wednesday as he was leaving the federal courthouse and seized his briefcase without his consent, Ogden wrote in a sworn declaration the next day.
His briefcase held confidential attorney-client material, he wrote. Plus, he noted, the briefcase “is valuable and I need it.” It’s the only one he owns and it cost $595…