Reid v. Johnson

Plaintiff appeals from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he sought immediate release from imprisonment. Defendant is the superintendent of the correctional facility in which plaintiff is incarcerated. The sole issue on appeal is whether defendant is barred by the doctrines of claim preclusion or issue preclusion from denying plaintiff earned time credits by operation of a prior judgment that denied plaintiffs claim for post-conviction relief. We review for errors of law, Curry v. Grill, 125 Or App 507, 509, 866 P2d 1237 (1993), and affirm.

In March 1991,…