Gary L. Mayner v. William Callahan

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

The district court denied Gary L. May-ner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Mayner appeals on the grounds that (1) the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles’ interpretation of R.C.W. 9.95.115 1 subjected him to double jeopardy because the prison board declined to credit his previous jail-time toward parole eligibility after he escaped and (2) R.C.W. 9.95.115 denied him equal protection because the statute requires that the mandatory life term prisoner restart his mandatory minimum time toward parole eligibility after an escape. We hold that the district court…