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California Credit Restoration Denial Ruled Ex Post Facto
by John E. Dannenberg
The U.S. District Court (E.D. Cal.) granted a writ of habeas corpus because it found the denial of earned restoration of a California state prisoner's disciplinary-based credit loss to be unconstitutionally retroactive. The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed because the prison regulation disallowing such ...
The U.S. District Court (E.D. Cal.) granted a writ of habeas corpus because it found the denial of earned restoration of a California state prisoner's disciplinary-based credit loss to be unconstitutionally retroactive. The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed because the prison regulation disallowing such ...
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