Opinion

Rise v. Board of Parole

  • 117 Or. App. 265
  • 843 P.2d 997
  • 1992 Ore. App. LEXIS 2423
Court
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Filed
Dec 16, 1992
Status
Published
On the bench
Richardson, Deits, Durham
Cited by
3 cases
Authority
More cited than 69.5%

The opinion

*266

PER CURIAM

Petitioner seeks review of a final order of the Board of Parole granting him a ten-month reduction of his sentence. He argues that the Board violated the

ex post facto

provisions of the Oregon and federal constitutions by calculating his reduction under a rule not yet in effect at the time of his offense. OAR 255-40-025(2). Petitioner also contends that the Board was biased against him due to his service as an Inmate Legal Assistant.

The Board expressly found that it would have awarded petitioner the same 10-month reduction had it applied the old rule instead of the new rule. After the Board made its decision, petitioner declared that he did not need information about the appeal process, because he had worked as an Inmate Legal Assistant. One Board member responded that Inmate Legal Assistants bring most of the frivolous lawsuits.

Petitioner was not disadvantaged by application of the new rule, a showing necessary to trigger

ex post facto

analysis.

See Howard v. State Board of Parole,

105 Or App 288, 292 , 804 P2d 509 ,

rev den

311 Or 432 (1991). He has also failed to prove his bias claim. The Board member’s comment evidences neither an unfavorable predisposition about the outcome of petitioner’s hearing nor a bias against petitioner personally.

Affirmed.

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