ARAGON v. SHANKS

No. 97-2106.

144 F.3d 690 (1998)

Donald ARAGON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John SHANKS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Jameson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Tom Udall, Attorney General for the State of New Mexico, and Anthony Tupler, Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, New Mexico, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before PORFILIO, LOGAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Donald Aragon filed the instant 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition in December 1993, challenging the constitutionality of New Mexico's application of certain meritorious and industrial good time credits to Aragon's term of incarceration. The district court dismissed the petition with prejudice, concluding that amended regulations relating to the dispensation of good time credits did not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause and that New...

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