Bradford Bryant v. Randy Grounds, Acting Warden

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION DEC 21 2011

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BRADFORD O. BRYANT, No. 08-16754

Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 3:05-cv-00723-JSW

v.

MEMORANDUM *

RANDY GROUNDS, Warden, Warden,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Jeffrey S. White, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 19, 2011 **

Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

California state prisoner Bradford O. Bryant appeals from the district court’s

judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction

under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.

Bryant contends that the Governor’s 2003 decision to deny him parole was

not supported by “some evidence” and therefore violated his due process rights.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. The only federal right at issue in the parole context is procedural, and the only

proper inquiry is what process…