Kim Davis is the county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, who became a controversial figure after refusing to issue licenses for same-sex marriages in compliance with the United States Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling in June 2015. On August 12th, 2015, Judge David L. Bunning of United States District Court for Eastern Kentucky ruled that Kim Davis must be ordered to issue licenses to four couples who had sued her for her refusal to issue licenses to same-sex couples. After several attempts at a compromise, which Davis refused, she remained jailed on September 4th as five other employees of the Rowan County Clerk's office began issuing licenses to same-sex couples that day; however, Davis' attorney claimed that licenses were void.