ABED v. ARMSTRONG

Docket No. 99-2086

209 F.3d 63 (2000)

Ralph ABED, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John J. ARMSTRONG, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, State of Connecticut, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 3, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Emmett Dwyer, Connecticut Legal Rights Project, Waterbury, Connecticut, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Gregory T. D'Auria, Assistant Attorney General (Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, Steven R. Strom, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), Hartford, Connecticut, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, PARKER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Chief Judge:

Ralph Abed appeals from Magistrate Judge Martinez's adverse grant of summary judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He contends that an administrative directive adopted by appellee violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution. He also contends that a Connecticut statute, pursuant to which appellee may award good time credit to inmates on certain conditions, creates a constitutionally...

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