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GRIGGS v. STATE OF MARYLAND

No. 00-7173.

263 F.3d 355 (2001)

Thomas Wayne GRIGGS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of MARYLAND; Attorney General for the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 23, 2001.

Amended: September 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Neal Lawrence Walters, Appellate Litigation Clinic, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant.

Gary Eugene Bair, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Criminal Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before: WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Wayne Griggs, who is serving a life sentence for rape in Maryland, is eligible for parole consideration under Maryland law. He claims that the Governor of Maryland violated the Ex Post Facto Clause when he announced in 1995 that he would not grant parole to any inmate serving a life sentence for murder or rape. A Maryland state court denied Griggs's application for post-conviction relief, and the United States District...

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