SASS v. CALIFORNIA BD. OF PRISON TERMS

No. 05-16455.

461 F.3d 1123 (2006)

Brian SASS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA BOARD OF PRISON TERMS; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Littlefield and Michael Satris, Law Offices of Michael Satris, Bolinas, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.

Julie L. Garland, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for the respondent-appellee.

Before ALFRED T. GOODWIN, STEPHEN REINHARDT, and MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

California state prisoner Brian Sass appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Sass argues that the California Board of Prison Terms' decisions, in 1999 and 2000, denying him parole violated his due process rights.

We hold that California inmates continue to have a liberty interest in parole after In re Dannenberg, 34 Cal.4th 1061,

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