Sellmon v. Reilly

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• holding that Davis did not require the federal district court to treat the 1972 and 1987 Regulations as interchangeable when analyzing an ex post facto claim
• holding that the Commission’s application of the 2000 Guidelines to offenders, like Plaintiff, who violated the D.C. Code before August 5, 1998, violated the Ex Post Facto Clause
• noting that the 1987 regulations were \formally adopted in 1985 and published in May 1987\
• stating that Revitalization Act, § 11231(c), directed Commission to follow “parole laws and regulations of the District of Columbia”
• clarifying that parole “suitability [not parole eligibility] is determined primarily either by guidelines or regulations promulgated by the paroling authority pursuant to statute”
• referring to the initial score on the grid as a “base point score”

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