Gilman v. Brown

ORDER

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this certified class action are inmates in California state prisons who are serving terms of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. Plaintiffs assert that Propositions 9 and 89 have retrospectively increased their punishments, in violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Proposition 9 amended California law to, among other things, increase the time between parole hearings. 2008 Cal. Legis. Serv. Prop. 9 (West), amending in pertinent part, Cal.Penal Code § 3041.5(b)(3) (extending deferral periods) and…