Menefield v. Bd. of Parole Hearings

*390This case is about the validity of a regulation governing a circumstance the Board of Parole Hearings (the board) can consider when determining whether a person convicted of a crime punishable with an indeterminate life sentence is unsuitable for parole: California Code of Regulations, title 15, section 2402, subdivision (c)(6) (hereafter, section 2402(c)(6) ). Section 2402(c)(6) provides that an inmate's "serious misconduct in prison or jail" can tend to show his or her unsuitability for parole.

*391In challenging the validity of the regulation, petitioner first contends the regulation lacks…