Legal Opinion
Cass v. Woodford
District Court, S.D. California
Decided May 9, 2006No. 04 CV 1138 DMS (POR)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER (1) ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND (2) DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABE-AS CORPUS
SABRAW, District Judge.
Petitioner Manuel Cass, Jr., a prisoner in state custody proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is serving a sentence of 17-years-to-life for second degree murder. He asserts the California Board of Prison Terms (“parole board” or “board”) deprived him of due process of law when it denied his fourth request for parole by relying solely on pre-incarceration conduct, namely the circumstances of…
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