SHABAZZ v. GABRY

Nos. 96-1059, 96-1060.

123 F.3d 909 (1997)

Abdullah Seifuddin SHABAZZ, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Gary GABRY, et al., Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Reingold (argued and briefed), Michigan Clinical Law Program, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Richard M.C. Adams (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Division, Lansing, MI, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: KEITH, MERRITT, and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges.


SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

In 1992 the State of Michigan amended its parole laws to postpone the initial mandatory parole review hearings of certain state prisoners and to reduce the frequency of their subsequent mandatory hearings. This prisoner class action suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenges the retroactive application of the 1992 amendments as violative of the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. U.S. Const. art. 1, §...

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