Contreras v. Bd. of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision

*470Petitioner seeks judicial review of an order of the Board of Parole and Post-Prison *637Supervision that deferred petitioner's parole release date for eight years. He argues that the board's order lacks substantial reason to support the board's decision to set the deferral period at eight years.1 We conclude that the substantial reason requirement applies to the board's decision to set a "specified deferral period," OAR 255-062-0016, that is longer than two years and, because the board's order did not provide sufficient explanation why the board chose a deferral period of eight years in this…