U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2011

Christopher Worline v. J. Salazar

Christopher Worline v. J. Salazar
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided August 17, 2011

Christopher Worline v. J. Salazar

Opinion

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION AUG 17 2011 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHRISTOPHER WORLINE, No. 09-56740 Petitioner - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:06-cv-01922-CJC- AJW v. J. F. SALAZAR, MEMORANDUM* Respondent - Appellant.

CHRISTOPHER WORLINE, No. 09-56741 Petitioner - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:07-cv-03845-CJC- AJW v. J. F. SALAZAR, Respondent - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Cormac J. Carney, District Judge, Presiding

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

Submitted March 9, 2011** Pasadena, California Before: B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Warden J.F. Salazar appeals the district court’s grant of Christopher Worline’s petitions for a writ of habeas corpus. Worline argued that there was not “some evidence” supporting the California Board of Parole Hearings’s 2004 and 2005 decisions denying him parole. In light of Swarthout v. Cooke, 131 S.Ct. 859 (2011) (per curiam), we hold that Worline’s federal right to due process was not violated. Accordingly, we reverse the district court’s grant of his habeas petitions. We understand that the state will now grant Worline an out-of-custody parole hearing.

REVERSED and REMANDED.

** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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