George William Nulph v. Vern Faatz, Chairman, Oregon State Board of Parole

George William Nulph, an Oregon state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Nulph claims that the Oregon State Board of Parole violated the Ex Post Facto Clause when it set his release date in accordance with statutes and regulations adopted after the date of his offense. Because the Board retrospectively applied a statute which significantly increased Nulph’s parole matrix range, we reverse.

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On November 5, 1986, George William Nulph was convicted in state court of multiple felony counts (including one count of being an…