FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 26 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
EARNEST CASSELL WOODS, II, No. 07-15589
Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. CV-04-02245-LKK
v.
MEMORANDUM *
TOM L. CAREY,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Lawrence K. Karlton, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted March 16, 2010 **
Before: SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
California state prisoner Earnest Cassell Woods, II appeals pro se from the
district court’s judgment dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition
challenging a prison disciplinary proceeding. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
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U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.
Woods contends that the district court erred by dismissing his petition for
lack of jurisdiction. This contention lacks merit because Woods has not
demonstrated that the expungement of his disciplinary violation is likely to
accelerate his release from prison. See Ramirez v. Galaza, 334 F.3d 850, 859 (9th
Cir. 2003).
AFFIRMED.
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