Ahssem Rifai v. United States Parole Commission and Warden, United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Rifai petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the denial of his release on parole by the United States Parole Commission (Commission). 1 He asserted that the Commission’s use of new parole release guidelines and statutory standards in making his parole decision violated the prohibition of ex post facto laws. The district court denied his petition and he raises the same issues on appeal. We affirm.

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FACTS

Rifai was convicted in 1972 for importing and possessing heroin and sentenced to ten years. He attempted to influence a witness in a motion for a new…