Bollinger v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision

This case arises out of a challenge to an order of the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (the Board) that advanced an inmate’s scheduled parole release date. The order effectively prevented the inmate’s discharge from prison under the statutory “good-time” scheme. The inmate objected to the order and sought judicial review. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the order violated the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws because it applied a statute that denies to prison inmates any right to refuse parole to an inmate who committed offenses before enactment of…