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ELLIS v. NORRIS

No. 99-3850.

232 F.3d 619 (2000)

Brian K. ELLIS, Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 9, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Lessmeister, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued, for appellant.

O. Milton Fine, II, Little Rock, Arkansas, argued, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Effective January 1, 1994, the State of Arkansas repealed a statute that had previously afforded prison officials the discretion to award additional good-time credits to prisoners. See House Act of March 16, 1993, 1993 Ark.Acts 536 § 6; Senate Act of March 16, 1993, 1993 Ark.Acts 558 § 6. Brian K. Ellis, convicted and sentenced in 1992, brought suit claiming that because the repeal took away his ability to be awarded these additional...

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