SANITI v. OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY


552 P.2d 1312 (1976)

Stephen M. SANITI, Petitioner, v. OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY, Oregon Corrections Division, Respondent. Paul Akins, Petitioner, v. OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY, Oregon Corrections Division, Respondent. Chris Anderson, Petitioner, v. OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY, Oregon Corrections Division, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Steenson, and Holly Hart, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. On the brief were Tom Steenson, and Steenson, Parkinson & Lea, Portland.

Al J. Laue, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and W. Michael Gillette, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LANGTRY and THORNTON, JJ.


SCHWAB, Chief Judge.

The petitioners challenge the validity of certain administrative rules adopted by the respondent relating to procedures for out-of-state transfer and procedures for placing penitentiary inmates in segregation and isolation for administrative as distinguished from disciplinary purposes.

In their brief petitioners contend both constitutional and statutory violations. However, at oral argument, counsel for petitioners conceded that he could...

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