# Merrill v. Johnson

> Court of Appeals of Oregon · July 22, 1998 · 155 Or. App. 295

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6943348

## Case

- **Full name:** ROBERT G. MERRILL v. Dan JOHNSON, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Oregon
- **Decided:** July 22, 1998
- **Citations:** 155 Or. App. 295; 964 P.2d 284; 1998 Ore. App. LEXIS 1263
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Warren
- **Judges:** Armstrong, Edmonds, Warren, Wollheim
- **Cited by:** 41 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that, under the 1991 version of the statute, which is identical to the 1983 version, the board is responsible for determining whether an inmate’s release should be deferred
- affirming dismissal of a habeas petition where petitioner was diagnosed with a personality disorder

## Opinion text

WARREN, J.,
dissenting.
I readopt the reasoning of my dissent in Weidner v. Armenakis, 154 Or App 12 , 959 P2d 623 (1998), withdrawn by order July 17, 1998.
Edmonds, Armstrong and Wollheim, JJ., join in this dissent.

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