U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2010

Waters v. Marshall

Waters v. Marshall
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided June 14, 2010 · Canby, Thomas, Fletcher
383 F. App'x 697

Waters v. Marshall

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Kevin C. Waters appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, 1 and we affirm.

Waters contends that prison officials violated his due process rights by placing a criminal complaint, containing over 100 pages of drug related documents, in his central file. This claim is not cognizable because Waters has failed to show that the removal of the document from his file is likely to impact the duration of his confinement. See Wilkinson v. Dotson, 544 U.S. 74, 81, 125 S.Ct. 1242, 161 L.Ed.2d 253 (2005); see also Ramirez v. Galaza, 334 F.3d 850, 858-59 (9th Cir. 2003).

AFFIRMED.

**

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

1

. We certify for appeal, on our own motion, the issue of whether the inclusion of a criminal complaint in Waters’ central file violated due process.

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