Case Name: Robert L. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. Wayne GARNER, Chairman, State Board of Pardons and Paroles, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2000-05-10
Citations: 211 F.3d 1225
Docket Number: No. 97-9009
Parties: Robert L. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. Wayne GARNER, Chairman, State Board of Pardons and Paroles, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and HANCOCK , Senior District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 211
Pages: 1225–1225

Head Matter:
Robert L. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. Wayne GARNER, Chairman, State Board of Pardons and Paroles, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 97-9009.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
May 10, 2000.
Elizabeth T. Kertscher, Powell, Gold-stein, Frazer & Murphy, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Neal Bradley Childers, Georgia Dept, of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appel-lees.
Before BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and HANCOCK , Senior District Judge.
Honorable James H. Hancock, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
In light of the Supreme Court's decision in Garner v. Jones, — U.S. -, 120 S.Ct. 1362, 146 L.Ed.2d 236 (2000), we remand the case for further proceedings. In its decision the Supreme Court noted that:
The Court of Appeals' analysis failed to reveal whether the amendment to Rule 475-3- 05(2), in its operation, created a significant risk of increased punishment for respondent. Respondent claims he has not been permitted sufficient discovery to make this showing. The matter of adequate discovery is one for the Court of Appeals or, as need be, for the District Court in the first instance- The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the case is remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Id. at 1371. We thus remand the case to the district court to determine, after permitting sufficient discovery, whether the amendment to Ga. Rules & Regs., Rule 475-3- 05(2) (1985) in its operation created a significant risk of increased punishment for Robert L. Jones.
SO ORDERED.