Cases of Interest

• Obtained Ninth Circuit reversal of preliminary injunction sought by life-term state prisoners seeking more frequent parole hearings than provided under Proposition 9.  The prisoners claimed  changes in statute occurring after commission of offenses and sentencing violated the Ex Post Facto Clause of U.S. Constitution.  In a published opinion, the Court of Appeals held the proposition was not unconstitutional.  Gilman v. Schwarzenegger, 638 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir., 2011)