Styre v. Adams

OPINION

WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:

Warden Derral G. Adams appeals from the district court’s writ of habeas corpus to Petitioner Robert E. Styre. We have jurisdiction over Adams’ appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and we reverse.

I

Styre was convicted of first-degree murder in January 1982 and sentenced to imprisonment for twenty-seven years to life with the possibility of parole. At a 2005 parole hearing, the California Board of Prison Terms (Board) found Styre eligible for parole and calculated a tentative release date. Four months later, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reversed the Board’s…