JONES v. GEORGIA STATE BD. OF PARDONS AND PAROLES

No. 92-9166.

59 F.3d 1145 (1995)

James Huston JONES, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Samuel, Atlanta, GA, for appellant.

William F. Amideo, State Law Dept., Atlanta, GA, for appellees.

Before KRAVITCH and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and HAND, Senior District Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

This is a class action, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on behalf of certain Georgia state prisoners classified as Level V offenders under the Georgia Parole Decision Guidelines System (the "Guidelines"). The class contends that a recent change in the method for calculating the Tentative Parole Month ("TPM") of Level V offenders under the Guidelines has been applied retroactively in violation...

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