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SHAWN M. NEWCOMB, Appellant, v. S. FRANK THOMPSON, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary, Respondent.

PER CURIAM

Reversed and remanded.

PER CURIAM

Plaintiff appeals from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, asserting that the trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to dismiss based on its finding that the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision properly concluded that plaintiff suffered from a present severe emotional disturbance such as to constitute a danger to the health or safety of the community, and thus properly deferred plaintiff's parole release date. Plaintiff asserts that the psychological evaluation on which the Board relied did not provide sufficient evidence to support the Board's conclusion.

We have held that "the determination as to whether a prisoner suffers from a severe emotional disturbance such as to constitute a danger to the health and safety of the community is a judgment that the legislature intended the Board to make." Weidner v. Armenakis, 154 Or. App. 12, 19, 959 P.2d 623, vacated and rem'd 327 Or. 317 (1998), withdrawn by order July 13, 1998, reasoning readopted and reaffirmed Merrill v. Johnson, 155 Or. App. 295, 964 P.2d 284, rev den 328 Or. 40 (1998). However, we also have held that a prerequisite for such a finding by the Board is a "psychiatric or psychological diagnosis." ORS 144.125(3) (1991). Christenson v. Thompson, 176 Or. App. 54, 31 P.3d 449 (2001). The psychological report on which the Board relied in deferring plaintiff's parole release contained no cognizable "psychiatric or psychological diagnosis," but indicated only that plaintiff had "some elements" of a personality disorder. Under Christenson, that is not a sufficient record to support the Board's action.

Reversed and remanded.

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NEWCOMB v. THOMPSON
(Aug 15, 2001)