Hoover

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CROSSAN D. HOOVER,

Case No. 19-cv-08352-RS (PR) Petitioner, 12 v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL

C. KOENIG,

14 Respondent.

16 INTRODUCTION Petitioner seeks federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 from the Governor’s decision to deny parole after the Board of Parole Hearings had found him suitable for release. Because petitioner’s habeas claims are foreclosed by Supreme Court precedent, the petition is DISMISSED. BACKGROUND Petitioner was convicted in 1984 in a California state court of murder and sentenced to 26 years to life. (Pet., Dkt. No. 1 at 2.) In 2018 the California Board of Parole Hearings found him suitable for parole, but in 2019 the Governor reversed the decision. (Id. at 12, 23, 131, and 177.) It appears petitioner exhausted his state court remedies before filing the instant federal petition. STANDARD OF REVIEW This Court…