Henderson v. Simms

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SMALKIN, District Judge.

In Beshears v. Wickes, 349 Md. 1, 706 A.2d 608 (1998), the Court of Appeals of Maryland had occasion to interpret a Maryland statute granting “diminution credits” to Maryland prison inmates. Based upon the opinion of the Court of Appeals in that case, the defendants, all Maryland public safety officials, determined that a number of inmates who had been released on the basis of credits that were “incorrectly” calculated were not entitled to be at liberty, but should be reincarcerated. Those inmates, among whom were the three plaintiffs in this case,…