Willie D. Alexander v. Oregon State Board of Parole

73 F.3d 368 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Willie D. ALEXANDER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. OREGON STATE BOARD OF PAROLE, Respondent-Appellee. No. 95-35515. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 19, 1995. * Decided Dec. 29, 1995. Before: SNEED, TROTT, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Willie D. Alexander, an Oregon state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 habeas petition. Alexander contends that the Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision (the "Board") violated the Ex Post Facto Clause in two instances at his 1992 sentence reduction hearing. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2253 . We review de novo the denial of Alexander's petition, applying the clearly erroneous standard to the district court's findings of fact, Riley v. Deeds, 56 F.3d 1117, 1119 (9th Cir.1995), and affirm. 3 In 1988, Alexander was sentenced to ten years for second degree robbery and to five years…