Ira David Lustgarden v. Frank O. Gunter, Gale A. Norton, Attorney General of the State of Colorado

BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. 1 779 F.Supp. 500. Petitioner is currently serving the sentence for his 1983 conviction of sexual assault on a child. He was sentenced pursuant to Colorado law, and he argues on appeal that he is entitled to mandatory parole. 2 Specifically, he raises five issues: (1) whether interpretation of Colorado sex offender parole statutes by Colorado courts creates ambiguities which can only be resolved by the federal court; (2) whether denial of mandatory parole violates the Ex…