Legal Opinion
Dahl v. Weber
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 4, 2009No. 08-2830PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
In December 2003, a South Dakota state court granted inmate Randy Lee Dahl a writ of habeas corpus after concluding that the Ex Post Facto Clause barred the South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) from withholding good-time credits based on a statute enacted after Dahl’s offense. The court ordered Dahl’s immediate release because his sentence would have expired in May 2002 had good-time credits not been withheld. Dahl v. Weber, Civ. 03-108 (S.D.Cir. Dec. 11, 2003). Dahl then commenced this § 1983 action, seeking damages for an unconstitutionally prolonged…
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