Finn

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Nathaniel Williams appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition, challenging the Board of Prison Terms’s (“the Board”) 2002 decision denying him parole. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We review de novo, Sass v. Cal. Bd. of Prison Terms, 461 F.3d 1123, 1126 (9th Cir.2006), and we affirm.

Williams contends that his due process rights were violated because the Board’s decision violated his plea agreement. We reject this contention because the record contains no evidence of the terms of any plea agreement. Cf. Buckley v. Terhune, 441 F.3d 688, 699 (9th Cir. 2006) (en banc) (holding that a federal habeas court may grant specific performance of a plea agreement in the face of evidence that the state has breached the terms of such an agreement).

Williams contends that the Board’s reliance on a “special circumstances” allegation that was dismissed violated his protection against double jeopardy. We reject this contention because the Board’s decision did not subject him to either a second criminal prosecution or to multiple punishments for the commitment offense. See United States…