Ortloff v. O'Brien

ORDER

Despite federal inmate Robert Ortloffs eligibility for parole, the United States Parole Commission concluded after a hearing that he was a much more serious risk than the Commission’s guidelines indicated and continued his parole hearing for fifteen years. Ortloff, who believes that the Commission is under political pressure to deny him parole, petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2241. The district court denied relief. Ortloff appeals, arguing that Commission should have set his release date and that its failure to do so violated the Ex Post Facto…