FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 21 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JIMMY G. MEJIA, No. 06-56449
Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. CV-05-04096-DOC
v.
MEMORANDUM *
LES BLANKS,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted June 29, 2010 **
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
California state prisoner Jimmy G. Mejia appeals pro se from the district
court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 1, and we affirm.
Mejia contends that the Board’s 2002 decision to deny him parole was not
supported by “some evidence” and therefore violated his due process rights. The
1
We certify for appeal, on our own motion, the issue of whether the 2002
decision of the California Board of Prison Terms (“the Board”) to deny parole
violated due process.
state court did not unreasonably conclude that some evidence supports the Board’s
decision. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d); see also Hayward v. Marshall, 603 F.3d 546,
563 (9th Cir. 2010) (en banc).
AFFIRMED.
2 06-56449
Mejia v. Blanks
Combined Opinion