Legal Opinion
James Lyons v. Jake Mendez, Warden Us Parole Commission
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 9, 2002No. 00-2822PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
James Lyons appeals pro se from the District Court order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims that the Parole Commission improperly postponed his release date beyond the guideline range by relying on a 1987 amendment to the Sentencing Reform Act (“SRA”) that authorized upward departures but that such departures were not authorized when Lyons committed his crimes in 1986. Lyons argues that this 1987 amendment operates as an ex post facto law and is therefore unconstitutional as applied to him. We agree with Lyons’s ex post facto argument and therefore…
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