James Huston Jones, and All Others Similarly Situated v. Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

This is a class action, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, on behalf of certain Georgia state prisoners classified as Level V offenders under the Georgia Parole Decision Guidelines System (the “Guidelines”). The class contends that a recent change in the method for calculating the Tentative Parole Month (“TPM”) of Level V offenders under the Guidelines has been applied retroactively in violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. The class also challenges this modification on substantive due process grounds, contending that class members were…