Legal Opinion
Brian Sass v. California Board of Prison Terms Attorney General of the State of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2006No. 05-16455PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
California state prisoner Brian Sass appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Sass argues that the California Board of Prison Terms’ decisions, in 1999 and 2000, denying him parole violated his due process rights.
We hold that California inmates continue to have a liberty interest in parole after In re Dannenberg, 34 Cal.4th 1061, 23 Cal.Rptr.3d 417, 104 P.3d 783 (2005). However, the state court decisions upholding Sass’ parole denials were not contrary to, and did not involve an unreasonable application of, clearly established…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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