Wash. Supp. L. R. 4.201

As amended through June 11, 2024
Rule 4.201 - HABEAS CORPUS AND POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT BY SIMULTANEOUS ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, all hearings and trials in which petitioner is in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections and seeking habeas corpus relief pursuant to ORS 34.310-34.730 or post conviction relief pursuant to ORS 138.510-138.568 and UTCR Chapter 24 shall be held by video conferencing or, if video conferencing is not available, by telephonic conferencing. The petitioner shall remain at and appear from the institution in which the petitioner is being held.
(2) The petitioner's counsel, the attorney from the Oregon Attorney General's office, or an attorney representing any other party to the proceeding may appear by simultaneous electronic transmission (e.g., telephone, video) or may appear in person before the court.
(3) Regardless of the physical location of the judge hearing the matter, trial proceedings shall be recorded by the Statewide PCR Court in Marion County and certified back to the Washington County Circuit Court as the official court of record.
(4) Public access and viewing of trial proceedings shall be in the Marion County Courthouse, Courtroom #2103, 100 High Street NE, Salem, Oregon 97301, and the proceedings shall be deemed to be taking place at the Washington County Courthouse in Hillsboro, Oregon. Administrative case processing and pretrial motions are handled by and at the Washington County Circuit Court.

Wash. Supp. L. R. 4.201

Amended effective 2/1/2024.