United States Ninth Circuit
Sass v. California Bd. of Prison Terms, 05-16455
California inmates continue to have a liberty interest in parole after In re Dannenberg, 34 Cal. 4th 1061 (2005). However, denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where state court decisions upholding petitioner's parole denials were not contrary to, and did not involve an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law as determined by the Supreme Court.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/16/2006
- Decided 08/31/2006
- Published 08/31/2006
Judges
- GOODWIN, Circuit Judge., Before ALFRED T. GOODWIN, STEPHEN REINHARDT, and MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Margaret Littlefield and Michael Satris, Law Offices of Michael Satris, Bolinas, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Julie L. Garland, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for the respondent-appellee.