Peeples v. Lampert

*20LANDAU, J.

Petitioner appeals a judgment dismissing his second petition for post-conviction relief as a sanction for his refusal to participate in a scheduled deposition. ORCP 46 B, D. He argues that the court failed to make the required findings in support of such a sanction and that, in any event, the court’s choice of dismissal as a sanction was unjustified. We affirm.

Because the post-conviction court’s decision arose, in part, from petitioner’s conduct at earlier stages of the proceedings, we begin with the procedural history of petitioner’s case. In petitioner’s underlying criminal trial,…