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Wrongly Imprisoned for Killing Oregon Prison Director, Frank Gable Finally Fully Freed
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Wrongful Imprisonment, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence
Wrongly Imprisoned for Killing Oregon Prison Director, Frank Gable Finally Fully Freed by On May 12, 2023, the federal court for the District of Oregon dismissed the murder indictment against Frank Gable, who was wrongfully imprisoned nearly 30 years for the 1989 slaying of the state Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Oregon Wrongful Imprisonment Time-Bar Dismissal Reversed
Article • May 24, 2015
Filed under: Limitations, Service, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment
Oregon Wrongful Imprisonment Time-Bar Dismissal Reversed by Oregon Wrongful Imprisonment Time-Bar Dismissal Reversed On March 26, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that if service ...
Oregon Prisoners Must Attach Evidence to Petitions for Post-Conviction Release
Article • May 24, 2015
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Criminal Procedure
Oregon Prisoners Must Attach Evidence to Petitions for Post-Conviction Release by Oregon Prisoners Must Attach Evidence to Petitions for Post-Conviction Release On June 12, 2014, the En Banc Oregon Supreme Court held that a post-conviction relief (PCR) petitioner must attach an affidavit or other evidence, supporting every element of every …
Oregon Prison Officials Not Immune for Sentence Miscalculation
Article • May 15, 2013
Filed under: Wrongful Imprisonment, Immunity/Liability, Sovereign Immunity
Oregon Prison Officials Not Immune for Sentence Miscalculation by The Oregon Court of Appeals held that prison officials are not immune from suit for miscalculating a prisoner's sentence by 13 months. In 2000, Chester Westfall was convicted of charges in Jackson County, Oregon, and sentenced to 34 months in prison. …
Statute of Limitations Kills Oregon False Imprisonment Suit
Article • April 15, 2013
Filed under: Limitations, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
Statute of Limitations Kills Oregon False Imprisonment Suit by The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed the statute of limitations dismissal of a former prisoner's false imprisonment suit. In three separate judgments, Loren MacNab was convicted of four counts of failing to register as a sex offender and sentenced to jail …
Oregon Detainee Paid $30,000 for 90 Days Illegal Jail Confinement
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
Oregon Detainee Paid $30,000 for 90 Days Illegal Jail Confinement by Oregon Detainee Paid $30,000 for 90 Days Illegal Jail Confinement The State of Oregon and Multnomah County have paid a man $30,000 to settle his suit for 90 days of illegal confinement. Ira Robinson was detained in the Multnomah …
Court Orders BOP to Recalculate Prisoner’s Good Time
Article • April 15, 2009
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Wrongful Imprisonment
Court Orders BOP to Recalculate Prisoner’s Good Time by On January 10, 2007, U.S. Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart granted a habeas corpus petition filed by a federal prisoner who alleged that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) miscalculated his good conduct time (GCT). George Scott Kelly was convicted of felony …
FBI Informant Sues for 110 Days False Imprisonment in Oregon Prison
Article • June 15, 2008
Filed under: Informants, Sentencing, Wrongful Imprisonment
FBI Informant Sues for 110 Days False Imprisonment in Oregon Prison by An FBI informant is suing the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) for holding him 110 days past his release date. In the late 1970s, Jack Rowlands gained notoriety by planting a bomb at Portland International Airport, in a …
County Liable for Miscalculating Detainees Sentence
Article • May 15, 2007
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Liberty Interests, Damages, State Law Claims, Wrongful Imprisonment, Municipal Liability
County Liable for Miscalculating Detainees Sentence by The plaintiff was denied credit for time served through a record-keeping error arising from the existence of two indictments for the same criminal act. A county policy allegedly prohibited staff from counting days for the same charge under two different court case numbers …
Prisoners Have Right to Prompt Sentence Computation
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Filed under: Civil Procedure, State Law Claims, Good Time, Parole, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity, Municipal Liability
Prisoners Have Right to Prompt Sentence Computation by David Plumb is an Oregon state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that his right to due process under the fourteenth amendment and his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment were violated by …