SENTENO

ORDER GRANTING 28 U.S.C. § 2254 HABEAS PETITION

Petitioner Phillip Angel Senteno (“Senteno”), a state prisoner confined at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison (“SATF”), Corcoran, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 writ of habeas corpus. He is serving an indeterminate life sentence for murder, robbery, and assault following his jury trial in January 1983. He challenges the Governor’s reversal of the Board of Parole Hearing’s 2006 decision to grant him parole. He raises four due process grounds for relief associated with evidentiary challenges and the review standard the Governor applied. Respondent filed an Answer. (Dkt. No. 9. ) Senteno filed a Traverse. (Dkt. No. 10. ) Both sides electronically filed documents constituting the record. (Dkt. Nos. 2, 9.) By Order entered November 25, 2008, this matter was reassigned from the bench of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Fresno Division, to visiting District Judge Janis L. Sammartino, United States District Court for the Southern District of California. (Dkt. No. 34.) After careful consideration of the parties’ arguments, pertinent…