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HALLMARK v. JOHNSON

Nos. 95-20752, 95-20869, 95-21050, 96-20115, 96-20587, 96-20901, 95-50531 and 96-50140.

118 F.3d 1073 (1997)

John Alex HALLMARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee. Terrence R. SPELLMON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee. Walter Joseph THIBODEAUX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee. Kenneth Gregory THOMPSON, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee. Rodney J. GIBSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee. Lucrecia Lynn MONROE, also known as Lucretia Lynn Monroe, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee. Danny Leon LUCAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wayne SCOTT, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division; Charles Vance, Jr., Chairman of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, Defendants-Appellees. Ruben A. RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Alex Hallmark, Huntsville, TX, pro se.

Tommy Lee Skaggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee in 95-20752, 95-20869, 95-21050, 96-20115 and 96-20901.

Terrence R. Spellmon, Woodville, TX, pro se.

Walter Joseph Thibodeaux, Dickinson, TX, pro se.

Douglas A. Danzeiser, Kristina Weber Silcocks, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee in 95-21050. Kenneth Gregory Thompson, Jr., Tennessee Colony, TX, pro se.

Rodney J. Gibson, Beaumont, TX, pro se.

Idolina Garcia, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee in 96-20587.

Lucrecia Lynn Monroe, Gatesville, TX, pro se.

Danny Leon Lucas, Huntsville, TX, pro se.

Jacqueline Lee Haney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees in 95-50531.

Ruben A. Rodriguez, Rosharon, TX, pro se.

Janine R. Balacki, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee in 96-50140.

Before JOLLY, JONES and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Circuit Judge:

In this consolidated appeal, the appellants present a common issue: whether the Texas Board of Criminal Justice's 1993 directive eliminating the discretion of the Director of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to restore good time credits previously forfeited for disciplinary violations constituted a violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause when applied to prisoners with forfeited good time credits at...

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