Taylor v. Rhode Island

CYR, Circuit Judge.

The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (“Department”) appeals from a district court judgment declaring ultra vires and unconstitutional the Department’s application of a Rhode Island statute which would impose a monthly offender fee upon the appellees, all of whom were sentenced to probationary terms under Department supervision for criminal offenses committed prior to the ef fective date of the statute as implemented by regulations promulgated by the Department. The district court held that the Department’s interpretation of the statute exceeded its authority under the…