Simpson v. Walker

ORDER

Willie Simpson, a Wisconsin prisoner, appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant state officials in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He argues that they violated the Ex Post Facto Clause by retroactively applying Wisconsin’s Truth-in-Sentencing law to his three sexual assault convictions. We affirm.

Simpson is currently serving 65 years in prison for sexually assaulting children. He was first convicted in 1997 of second-degree sexual assault of a 13-year old. See Wis. Stat. § 948.02(2) (1995-96); State ex rel. Simpson v. Schwarz, 250 Wis.2d 214, 640 N.W.2d 527, 530…