Oregon Prison Staffing Audit Reveals Little to No Potential Cost-Savings by Mark Wilson Oregon Prison Staffing Audit Reveals Little to No Potential Cost-Savings by Mark Wilson As Oregon prison officials scramble to reduce a $1.4 billion bi-annual corrections budget, the Secretary of State released an audit concluding that they are …
Disruptive Oregon Criminal Defendant Properly Denied Self-Representation by Disruptive Oregon Criminal Defendant Properly Denied Self-Representation On August 13, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a trial court properly refused to allow a disruptive criminal defendant to represent himself at trial. The court erred, however, in doubling its twelve …
Contempt Adjudication is Not Conviction of Offense for Purposes of Oregon Criminal Record Law by Contempt Adjudication is Not Conviction of Offense for Purposes of Oregon Criminal Record Law On October 9, 2013, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that contempt of court adjudication is not the conviction of an …
Barrett v. Peters, et al., OR, Expert Report - Wright, PLN ODOC envelope policy mail restrictions, 2015 EXPERT REPORT OF PAUL WRIGHT Barrett v. Peters, et al. United States District Court of Oregon Case No. 6:11-cv-6358-HZ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Introduction ..............................................................................................................1 Expert …
Automatic Oregon Death Row Confinement Pending Resentencing Enjoined by Mark Wilson Automatic Oregon Death Row Confinement Pending Resentencing Enjoined by Mark Wilson On October 10, 2014, an Oregon federal judge enjoined prison officials from automatically segregating death sentenced prisoners who have had their sentences vacated and are awaiting resentencing. Oregon …
Oregon: No Presumed Prejudice for Violation of Attorney-Client Communication by Mark Wilson Oregon: No Presumed Prejudice for Violation of Attorney-Client Communication by Mark Wilson On August 20, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s refusal to dismiss criminal charges against a defendant because a detective had read …
Ninth Circuit: BOP Improperly Denied RDAP Sentence Reduction; Remedy may be Reduced Supervised Release Term by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: BOP Improperly Denied RDAP Sentence Reduction; Remedy may be Reduced Supervised Release Term by Mark Wilson The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on October 27, 2014 that the federal …
Oregon Wrongful Imprisonment Time-Bar Dismissal Reversed by Oregon Wrongful Imprisonment Time-Bar Dismissal Reversed On March 26, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that if service of summons is completed within 60 days of filing a tort claim against a public body, the action is commenced the day the complaint …
Oregon Prisoners Must Attach Evidence to Petitions for Post-Conviction Release by Oregon Prisoners Must Attach Evidence to Petitions for Post-Conviction Release On June 12, 2014, the En Banc Oregon Supreme Court held that a post-conviction relief (PCR) petitioner must attach an affidavit or other evidence, supporting every element of every …
Coos County Sheriff's Office Contract Summary With Conmed, 2015 COOS COUNTY FILING COVER SHEET TO: Coos County Clerk's Office FROM: Coos County Sheriff's Office Please file the attached document in the selected category indicated in the box below using the following information : Board of Commissioners Special Districts Registry of …
Oregon Mental Patient’s Death Nets $1.4 Million by Mark Wilson Oregon Mental Patient’s Death Nets $1.4 Million by Mark Wilson The family of a man who died in his bed, just feet from a nurse’s station at the Oregon State Hospital (OSH), but whose body was not discovered for hours, …
Oregon Parole Board Orders Must Explain Decisions, but Orders Defined to Include Administrative Review Responses by Mark Wilson Oregon Parole Board Orders Must Explain Decisions, but Orders Defined to Include Administrative Review Responses by Mark Wilson On September 18, 2014, the en banc Oregon Supreme Court held that a 1999 …
Oregon Courts Must Give Notice before Amending Judgment by Mark Wilson Oregon Courts Must Give Notice before Amending Judgment by Mark Wilson On August 6, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s second amended judgment that reinstated a former prisoner’s lifetime term of post-prison supervision (PPS). The …
Lawsuit Over Suicide of Oregon Prisoner Settles for $100,000 by Mark Wilson Lawsuit Over Suicide of Oregon Prisoner Settles for $100,000 by Mark Wilson The mother of an autistic Oregon prisoner who committed suicide shortly before his scheduled release accepted $100,000 to settle her suit against state prison officials. As …
Oregon Prison Guard Union Sues Mentally Ill Prisoners by Oregon Prison Guard Union Sues Mentally Ill Prisoners Oregon prison officials report that around 16 percent of the state’s 14,500 prisoners are “severely mentally ill.” In 2013 the union representing Oregon guards began suing some of those prisoners, in part to …
Unauthorized Oregon “Offense Surcharges” Reversed by Mark Wilson Unauthorized Oregon “Offense Surcharges” Reversed by Mark Wilson On June 11, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals vacated $140 in “offense surcharges” imposed on crimes committed prior to the date the surcharges were authorized. An Oregon law (Ore. Laws 2009, ch 659, …
Oregon: State Must Prove Defendant’s Ability to Pay Attorney Fees by Mark Wilson Oregon: State Must Prove Defendant’s Ability to Pay Attorney Fees by Mark Wilson On July 23, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals vacated $36,000 in court-appointed attorney and indigent contribution fees, as there was no evidence the …
Unexhausted Oregon Parole Claims Not Cognizable by Mark Wilson Unexhausted Oregon Parole Claims Not Cognizable by Mark Wilson On March 19, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a pro se prisoner’s parole decision claims were not cognizable on appeal because he failed to raise those issues in his …
Hagen v. Williams, OR, Settlement, Wrongful Death White Supremacists, 2015 Case 6:14-cv-00165-MC Document 59 Filed 04/03/15 Page 1 of 6 ELLEN F. ROSENBLUM Attorney General STEVEN M. LIPPOLD #903239 Chief Trial Counsel ANDREW HALLMAN #083480 Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice 1162 Court Street NE Salem, OR 97301-4096 Telephone: (503) …
Barrett v. Premo, OR, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, ODOC mail policy envelope art, 2015 Case 6:11-cv-06358-HZ Document 173 Filed 03/30/15 Page 1 of 28 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON JACOB BARRETT, No. 6:11-CV-06358-HZ Plaintiff, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW …
