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HOWARD v. CLARK

No. 11-30919.

719 F.3d 350 (2013)

Robert HOWARD, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Larry CLARK, Chairman of the Louisiana Board of Pardons; Eugene "Pop" Hataway, Member of the Louisiana Board of Pardons; Clement Lafleur, Member of the Louisiana Board of Pardons; Kenneth A. Jones, Member of the Louisiana Board of Pardons; Henry W. Powell, Member of the Louisiana Board of Pardons; Bobby Jindal, Governor of the State of Louisiana, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corrine A. Irish, Esq. , Squire Sanders (US), L.L.P., New York, NY, Nicholas Joseph Trenticosta, Esq. , Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David Glen Sanders , Assistant Attorney General, Douglas Gist Swenson , Wendell Cedric Woods, Sr., Esq. , Law Office of Wendell C. Woods, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, GARZA, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Robert Howard ("Howard") is currently serving life sentences in Louisiana. He has repeatedly sought to have his sentences commuted in order to become eligible for parole, commutation being the first step in becoming eligible for consideration for parole. After he was first convicted, Louisiana altered its commutation process. This appeal addresses Howard's complaint that the application of the new process to him violates the ex post...

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