Allen Lynn Jeffries v. M. Knowles

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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
ALLEN LYNN JEFFRIES,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
M. KNOWLES,
Respondent - Appellee.
No. 07-55123
D.C. No. 2:06-cv-06114-ER
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Edward Rafeedie, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 24, 2013**
Before: ALARCÓN, CLIFTON, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
California state prisoner Allen Lynn Jeffries appeals pro se from the district
court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We dismiss.
Jeffries contends that the Board of Prison Terms’s 2004 decision to deny
him parole violated his right to due process. During the pendency of this appeal,
FILED
AUG 02 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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this court held that a certificate of appealability (“COA”) is required to challenge
the denial of parole. See Hayward v. Marshall, 603 F.3d 546, 554 (9th Cir. 2010)
(en banc), overruled on other grounds by Swarthout v. Cooke, 131 S. Ct. 859
(2011). We construe Jeffries’s briefing as a request for a COA. Because Jeffries
has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, we deny
his request and dismiss his appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See 28 U.S.C.
§ 2253(c).
Jeffries’s motion for copies of records is denied.
DISMISSED.

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