Kyron Watkins v. Wendy Kelley

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Watkins's habeas petition because his challenge concerned the date on which he would become eligible for parole, rather than the facial validity of his judgment or the trial court's jurisdiction. The court held that parole-eligibility claims are not cognizable in habeas proceedings. A dissent argued that the confinement order was facially invalid because it did not specify application of the pre-amendment parole rule.