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o rth e B o a r d ’s d e c is io n to c o m p o rt w ith d u e p r o c e s s r e q u ir e m e n ts . H a y w a rd v . M a rs h a ll , 603 F . 3d 546, 561–62 ( 9th C i r . 2010) ( e n ba nc ) . O r e gon l aw p ro v i d es th atth e B o ard ’ s d eci si o n t o d en y F i sh er th e sen t en ce co n v ersi o n m u st h a v e b e e n s u p p o rte d b y“s u b s ta n tia l e v id e n c e ,” m e a n in g ar e a s o n ab le p e r s o n c o u ld h a v e r e a c h e d th e s a m e d e c is io n . O r . R e v . S ta t. § 1 8 3 .4 8 2 ( 8 ) ( c ) . See Mi l ler . F i s he r ’ s e xc ha nge w i th the B oa r d dur i ng hi s he a r i ng de m ons tr a t e d tha the h a d g a in e d little in s ig h t in to w h yh e r ap e d a n d m u r d e r e d s o m e o n e h e h a r d lyk n e w . W h e n a s k e d f

o r“a n ye v id e n c e . . . w h ic h s u p p o rts th a t th e r e is ar e a s o n ab le p r o b ab ilityth a t y o u w ill r e m a in in th e c o m m u n ityw ith o u t v io la tin g th e la w ,” F is h e rr e p lie d , “I d o n ’t w a n t to c o m e b a c kh e r e . . . I t’s n o t av e ryf u n p la c e . . . I3

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