U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2012

Roger Bettencourt v. Mike Knowles

Roger Bettencourt v. Mike Knowles
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided April 18, 2012 · Leavy, Paez, Bea
472 F. App'x 661

Roger Bettencourt v. Mike Knowles

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Roger Bettencourt 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, and we affirm.

Bettencourt contends that the Board of Parole Hearings’s 2005 decision finding him unsuitable for parole was not supported by “some evidence” and, therefore, violated his due process rights. The only federal right at issue in the parole context is procedural, and the only proper inquiry is what process the inmate received, not whether the state court decided the case correctly. See Swarthout v. Cooke, — U.S. -, 131 S.Ct. 859, 862-63, 178 L.Ed.2d 732 (2011) (per curiam). Because Bettencourt raises no procedural challenges, we affirm.

AFFIRMED.

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

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