Nathaniel Porter, Jr. v. Walter S. Ray, Jr.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Twelve appellants, either currently or formerly incarcerated in the State of Georgia, appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of eight former and current members of the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles (“Board”) on the appellants’ claims that the Board retroactively applied a secret parole policy that extended their sentences beyond what they likely would have served under the guidelines and statutes applicable at the time they committed their offenses. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. Background

On December 9, 1997, the Board adopted…