Gautt

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DARRELL ANTHONY GAUTT,  No. 03-55534 Petitioner-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-01-06771-PA

GAIL LEWIS, Warden,

OPINION

Respondent-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Percy Anderson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 26, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed June 6, 2007

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and Samuel P. King,* Senior District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

*The Honorable Samuel P. King, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, sitting by designation.

6765 6768 GAUTT v. LEWIS

COUNSEL

Wayne Young, Santa Monica, California, for the petitioner- appellant. GAUTT v. LEWIS 6769 Ryan B. McCarroll and Steven E. Mercer, Deputy Attorney Generals, Los Angeles, California, for the respondent- appellee.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

We consider whether Darrell Anthony Gautt’s constitu- tional due process right to be informed of the charges against him was violated when…