BUTLER v. RUSSELL

No. 03-5104; A123998

114 P.3d 543 (2005)

200 Or. App. 556

Sage Bruce BUTLER, Appellant, v. Lt. Jamie RUSSELL, Acting Commander, Lincoln County Jail; and Dennis Dotson, Lincoln County Sheriff, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 6, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Huckleberry, Judge.

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

Rob Bovett, Assistant County Counsel, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents.

Before WOLLHEIM, Presiding Judge, and EDMONDS and SCHUMAN, Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, who when he filed this case was an inmate of the Lincoln County Jail, appeals from the trial court's dismissal of a writ of habeas corpus in which plaintiff, an enrolled member of the Siletz Tribe and a participant in the Native American religion, challenges the jail policy denying him possession of a ceremonial eagle feather that he uses for religious purposes. He argues, among other things, that he...

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