KNUCK v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 84-3297.

759 F.2d 856 (1985)

Robert A. KNUCK, Jr., Petitioner-Appellee, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Lutton-Shields, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for respondent-appellant.

Robert A. Knuck, Jr., Sarasota, Fla., pro se.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Louie Wainwright, Director of the Florida Department of Corrections (D.O.C.), appeals from a judgment of the district court granting Robert Knuck's habeas corpus petition. The district court held that a change in the method of calculating gain time for Florida prison inmates violated both the ex post facto and due process clauses of the United States Constitution. Knuck first raised the ex post facto claim in the Florida courts, which...

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