Timothy William McGuire v. Richard A. Vernon, Director

72 F.3d 135 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Timothy William McGUIRE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard A. VERNON, Director, Respondent-Appellee. No. 95-35308. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 15, 1995. Decided Dec. 8, 1995. Before: WRIGHT, FERNANDEZ, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Timothy McGuire appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He asserts that the manner in which his parole proceedings were handled violated his due process right to liberty. We affirm. 3 There is no absolute right to either federal or state parole. Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska Penal & Correctional Complex, 442 U.S. 1, 7 , 99 S.Ct. 2100, 2104 , 60 L.Ed.2d 668 (1979). The possibility of parole, which is nothing more than a mere hope of early conditional release, is not a protected liberty interest. Id. at 11 , 99 S.Ct. at 2105 . The Idaho courts have held that Idaho Code Sec.…