Palaia v. Oregon State Penitentiary

Petitioner appeals from the prison disciplinary committee’s decision that he violated two prohibited conduct rules. He assigns as error the committee’s refusal to investigate the incident for which he was disciplined.

The committee found that petitioner had, as reported by officers, thrown an orange and a cup of coffee at an officer, used abusive language toward that officer, and threatened another officer by brandishing a pencil at his face. The committee found that petitioner had violated Rules 9 (disrespect to another) and 14 (attempt to violate a prohibited conduct rule — here Rule 4,…