Stuart v. Oregon State Penitentiary

This is a prison discipline case. Petitioner, an inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary, was ordered by a correctional officer to provide a urine sample. He refused. He then was charged with misconduct for disobeying an order. A prison hearings officer found petitioner guilty of the charged misconduct. The hearings officer recommended a seven-day period of segregation and that petitioner “pay a $25.00 fine to the Department of Corrections for said major misconduct.” That recommendation was put into effect by an order of Fred Maass, the superintendent of the Penitentiary.

Petitioner sought…