(Portland, OR) -- A federal judge in Portland is taking on the public defender shortage. U.S. District Judge Michael McShane issued an order that takes effect November 16th that directs detainees be released from jail if they don't have an attorney within seven days of their first court appearance. McShane says the shortage of public defenders means 135 defendants statewide are locked up without access to an attorney. Some of the more than 26-hundred others out on conditional release have been waiting for counsel for more than a year. The American Bar Association estimates Oregon needs about 13-hundred more attorneys to meet the need.