Campbell v. State

BREWER, J. pro tempore

Plaintiff, a former inmate who was incarcerated in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC), appeals from a judgment dismissing this negligence action in which he sought damages against defendants1 for what he asserted was a two-year period of unlawful imprisonment after his sentences for various criminal offenses should have been discharged. The trial court dismissed the action after granting defendants’ motion for a directed verdict on the ground that plaintiff failed to adduce evidence that he had been unlawfully imprisoned. We affirm.

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