FARMER v. BALDWIN

(USDC CV 02-1565-ALA; USCA 06-35635; SC S055187).

205 P.3d 871 (2009)

346 Or. 67

George Edward FARMER, Petitioner, v. George H. BALDWIN, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided March 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Hay, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner.

Mary Williams, Solicitor General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent. With her on the brief was Hardy Myers, Attorney General.


DURHAM, J.

This case is before this court on a certified question of Oregon law from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Farmer v. Baldwin, 497 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir.2007). Under federal law, a petitioner generally may not obtain a writ of habeas corpus without first exhausting the remedies available to him in state court. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1)(A).1 To exhaust those remedies...

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