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WANSLEY v. MISSISSIPPI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 13-60348.

769 F.3d 309 (2014)

Jeffery Wayne WANSLEY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Emmitt Sparkman, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 2, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Paul Voisin , Jackson, MS, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Jerrolyn M. Owens , Office of the Attorney General, Jackson, MS, for Respondents-Appellants.

Before DAVIS, DENNIS, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge.

The Mississippi Department of Corrections denied Jeffery Wayne Wansley a parole hearing based on its view that he received an enhanced penalty, which renders a prisoner ineligible for parole in Mississippi. In seeking federal habeas corpus relief, Wansley argues that his sentence was not enhanced, and that the denial of a hearing violated state law and therefore deprived him of a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause of the...

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