ABE WILLIAMS, Jr. v. M. L. KNOWLES, Warden;

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ABE WILLIAMS, Jr.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
M. L. KNOWLES, Warden; et al.,
Respondents - Appellees.
No. 06-16912
D.C. No. CV-03-00919-LKK
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Lawrence K. Karlton, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted September 13, 2010**
Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
California state prisoner Abe Williams, Jr. appeals pro se from the district
court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have
FILED
OCT 13 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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We expand the certificate of appealability, on our own motion, to include1
the issue of whether the 1999 decision of the California Board of Prison Terms
(“Board”) to deny parole violated due process. We decline to expand the
certificate of appealability to include any other issues raised by Williams.
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jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.1
Williams contends that the Board’s 1999 decision to deny him parole was
not supported by “some evidence” and therefore violated his due process rights.
The state court did not unreasonably conclude that some evidence supports the
Board’s decision. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d); see also Hayward v. Marshall, 603
F.3d 546, 562-63 (9th Cir. 2010) (en banc).
Williams also contends that the Board’s decision was based on a “no parole”
policy and that he was entitled to parole, even though he had been found
unsuitable, based on various provisions of the California Penal Code. The
California court’s rejection of these claims was not contrary to, or an unreasonable
application of, clearly established Supreme Court law, and was not an
unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence. See 28 U.S.C.
§ 2254(d); see also Irons v. Carey, 505 F.3d 846, 851 & n.3 (9th Cir. 2007)
(suitability for parole determination under California Penal Code section 3041(b)
must precede the setting of a parole release date under California Penal Code
section 3041(a)).

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We deny Williams’ motion for removal of the stay of proceedings as moot.
AFFIRMED.

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