GUINN v. OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY

A3-88-269; CA A48188.

771 P.2d 287 (1989)

96 Or.App. 6

Robert GUINN, Petitioner, v. OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY, Corrections Division, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Gorham, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner.

Douglas F. Zier, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., and Philip Schradle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and NEWMAN and DEITS, JJ.


RICHARDSON, Presiding Judge.

Petitioner, an inmate in the Oregon State Penitentiary, seeks review of a final order of the Superintendent that placed him in disciplinary segregation until he complied with an order to enter administrative segregation.1 We conclude that imposing a potentially unlimited confinement in disciplinary segregation is unauthorized and, therefore, reverse and remand.

The facts are not in dispute. On his final...

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