NETTLES v. GROUNDS

No. 12-16935.

830 F.3d 922 (2016)

Damous D. NETTLES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randy GROUNDS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Balazs (argued), Sacramento, California; Monica Knox , Assistant Federal Defender; Heather Williams , Federal Defender; Office of the Federal Defender, Sacramento, California; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Phillip J. Lindsay (argued), Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Jennifer A. Neill , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General of California; Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, California; for Respondent-Appellee.

Dissent by Judge Berzon.


OPINION

Damous Nettles, a prisoner serving a life sentence in California prison, appeals the district court's dismissal of his habeas petition for lack of jurisdiction. The petition challenged a disciplinary violation on constitutional grounds and claimed that the failure to expunge this violation from

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