Legal Opinion
Shabazz v. Gabry
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided September 20, 1995No. 2:93-cv-73316PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMORE, District Judge.
This is a class action suit questioning whether the 1992 amendments to Michigan’s parole laws governing frequency of parole review hearings violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution as retroactively applied to various plaintiff subclasses.
The case comes before the court on cross-motions for summary judgment. Plaintiffs are inmates in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections who committed their crimes on or before September 22, 1992. Defendants are Gary Gabry, Chairman of the Michigan Parole Board, and other members of the…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Abdullah Seifuddin Shabazz, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Gary Gabry, Defendants-Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997