Abraham Cruz v. Oregon State Penitentiary

This is a prison discipline proceeding in which the petitioner, an inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary, was charged with violation of two of the institution’s rules, viz., OAR 291-105-015(10), which provides:

"An inmate shall promptly comply with valid orders of staff members. An order includes written, verbal or gestured communication which directs or forbids the doing of some act over which the inmate had control.”

and OAR 291-105-015(14) (attempt to violate a rule) for attempting to violate OAR 291-105-015(4), which provides:

"Except when absolutely necessary for self-defense, no inmate…