Contero

ORDER

The memorandum disposition filed June 14, 2007, is hereby amended. The amended memorandum disposition is being filed concurrently with this order.

With these amendments, the petition for panel rehearing is denied. No further petitions shall be entertained.

AMENDED MEMORANDUM ***

California state prisoner Larry P. Contero appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment denying his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Sass v. Cal. Bd. of Prison Terms, 461 F.3d 1123, 1126 (9th Cir.2006), and we affirm.

We reject as foreclosed the State’s contention that this court lacks jurisdiction to entertain this appeal because Contero did not obtain a certificate of appealability. See Rosas v. Nielsen, 428 F.3d 1229, 1231-32 (9th Cir.2005) (per curiam).

The California courts’ rejection of Contero’s claims was neither contrary to nor an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d)(1). We reject as foreclosed Contero’s contention that he has a protected liberty interest in the accrual of work credits. See Toussaint v. McCarthy, 801 F.2d 1080, 1094-95 (9th Cir.1986).…