Villarreal v. Thompson

Plaintiff, an inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that defendant is denying him treatment for a mental illness that has prompted several suicide attempts. The trial court summarily dismissed the petition for lack of habeas corpus jurisdiction, but did not state why the petition failed to meet jurisdictional requirements. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment denying his petition. We review for errors of law, Bedell v. Schiedler, 307 Or 562, 564, 770 P2d 909 (1989); Weidner v. Zenon, 124 Or App 314, 316, 862 P2d 550 (1993), and reverse.

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