Secretary, Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services v. Demby

This matter has its origin in multiple decisions of the Inmate Grievance Office (“IGO”) dismissing the grievances of Quinton Demby, Jesse Baltimore, Kenneth E. Woodall, Daniel Falcone, and Earl F. Cox, Jr. All are, or were, 1 inmates serving sentences in the Division of Correction (“DOC”). In his respective grievance, each inmate alleged that amendments to the Code of Maryland Regulations (“COMAR”) adopted by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (“the Department”) were ex post facto laws, in violation of the United States Constitution and Article 17 of the Maryland…