Bartholomew v. Reed

OPINION

JAMES M. BURNS, District Judge:

This is a class action brought on behalf of inmates of Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI), Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP), and Oregon Women’s Correctional Center (OWCC), challenging various aspects of the rules of those institutions. The inmates seek declaratory and injunctive relief.

Challenges are made to portions of three groups of regulations:

1) Procedures for Disciplinary Action;

2) Rules of Prohibited Conduct; and

3) Procedures for Administrative Segregation and/or Involuntary Institutional Transfer of Inmates.

In assessing the issues…