Legal Opinion

Borchers v. Arizona Board of Executive Clemency

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 13, 2006No. 05-16318Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Former Arizona state prisoner Douglas C. Borchers appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment in favor of members of the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency (“the Board”) in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging violations of the Ex Post Facto and Due Process clauses of the United States Constitution. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Beene v. Terhune, 380 F.3d 1149, 1150 (9th Cir.2004), and we affirm.

The district court properly granted summary judgment on Borchers’ claim that he was entitled to parole hearings every 90 days…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Margaret Stewart Jamey L. Paulson William Keith Laura Spencer Lee Callison Stephanie Glowa Terri Gorecki Dan Berryman v. U.S. BancorpCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  4. Russell v. GregoireCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
  5. Carl D. McQuillion v. William Duncan, Warden Attorney General of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002

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