Scott Elliott Raymer v. John Ray Enright and Robert Pastore, of the Colorado State Board of Parole

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Scott Elliott Raymer appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. The issue before us is whether 1994 amendments to the Colorado parole statutes that decreased the frequency of parole suitability hearings for certain classes of prisoners violated the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. As applied to plaintiff, we hold they do not, and hence we affirm the dismissal.

Plaintiff was convicted' in 1976 on two counts of first degree murder and sentenced to two concurrent indeterminate prison terms of ten years to…