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LEWIS-EL v. SAMPSON

No. 09-1091.

649 F.3d 423 (2011)

Keith LEWIS-EL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Barbara SAMPSON, Chairperson of the Michigan Parole Board, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 10, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Eric M. Goldstein , Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Kevin R. Himebaugh , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Eric M. Goldstein , Gene C. Schaerr , Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Kevin R. Himebaugh , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees.

Before: COLE and ROGERS, Circuit Judges; SARGUS, District Judge.

OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Keith Lewis-El is currently serving a nonparolable life sentence in a Michigan prison. He appeals the district court's summary dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against members of the Michigan Parole Board. Lewis-El claims that the board changed its policies in regard to its commutation procedures in a manner that violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United...

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