Ayres v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision

Petitioners in these five cases are inmates in various state correctional institutions who seek judicial review of orders of the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (board). The board has moved to dismiss their petitions for judicial review, arguing that petitioners, who did not timely seek board review of their “Board Action Forms” (BAFs), failed to exhaust their administrative remedies. See ORS 144.335(l)(b) (requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies before persons may seek judicial review of final board orders). Because the factual circumstances of each case are similar, and…