Damous Nettles v. Randy Grounds

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DAMOUS D. NETTLES, No. 12-16935 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 1:11-cv-01201-

AWI-JLT

RANDY GROUNDS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Anthony W. Ishii, Senior District Judge, Presiding

MATTA JUAN SANTOS, No. 13-15050 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 1:12-cv-01651-

LJO-GSA

K. HOLLAND and JEFFREY BEARD,

Respondents-Appellees. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence J. O’Neill, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 6, 2014—San Francisco, California Filed May 28, 2015

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta, N. Randy Smith, and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Murguia

SUMMARY*

Habeas Corpus

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of California state prisoner Damous Nettles’s habeas corpus petition seeking expungement of a prison rules violation report and…