BLEDSOE v. U.S.

No. 03-3224.

384 F.3d 1232 (2004)

Raymond L. BLEDSOE; Billy E. Dacus; Marshall E. Williams, Petitioners-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Rogers, Jeremy S. Weis, and Rebecca M. Hain of Wyrsch Hobbs & Mirakian, P.C., Kansas City, MO, for Petitioners-Appellants.

Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney and Nancy Caplinger, Assistant United States Attorney, District of Kansas, and Richard A. Friedman, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents-Appellees.

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, MURPHY, Circuit Judge, and CAUTHRON, Chief District Judge.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether a 1987 amendment to the Sentencing Reform Act violated petitioners' rights to due process, or was otherwise an unlawful bill of attainder or Ex Post Facto law. Because we answer those questions in the negative, we affirm the decision of the district court.**

Background and Procedural History

Before November 1, 1987, The Parole Commission...

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