Pratt
Pratt v. Ylst
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
California state prisoner Larry Pratt appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253(a). Reviewing de novo, Alvarado v. Hill, 252 F.3d 1066, 1068 (9th Cir.2001), we affirm.
Pratt contends that California law required California’s Board of Prison Terms (“Board”) to set a new parole date within six months of rescinding his parole date and that because the Board did not do so in his case, his due process rights were violated. However, the statutes at issue did not require the Board to set a new parole date. See CaLPenal Code § 3041.5(b)(4) (providing that after rescission, the Board must set a new date “in accord with the provisions of Section 3041,” which in turn provides that the Board may choose not to set a parole date under circumstances applicable here) (1980); see also Kennick v. Superior Court, 736 F.2d 1277, 1280 (9th Cir.1984) (stating that a failure to follow state law constitutes a federal due process violation only when the failure is arbitrary or dis *433 criminatory). The district court therefore properly denied Pratt’s petition.