OPINION
From 1982 until October 7, 2011, John L. Batie was incarcerated for his commitment offense, the 1981 second degree murder of James Simmons. Batie was granted parole in 2011 by the Board of Parole Hearings (Board), and Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., took no contrary action, allowing the Board's 2011 grant of parole to become effective, while
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