Abdullah Seifuddin Shabazz, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Gary Gabry, Defendants-Appellants/cross-Appellees

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

In 1992 the State of Michigan amended its parole laws to postpone the initial mandatory parole review hearings of certain state prisoners and to reduce the frequency of their subsequent mandatory hearings. This prisoner class action suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenges the retroactive application of the 1992 amendments as violative of the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. U.S. Const, art. 1, § 10, cl. 1. We conclude that it does not.

I. Background

The Michigan state legislature has frequently revised the laws governing parole. The…