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John Forrest ZUMBRO, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Vince CULLEN, Acting Warden, Margarita Perez, Chairman, Board of Prison Terms, Respondents—Appellees.
    No. 08-17045.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted March 8, 2011.
    
    Filed March 10, 2011.
    John Forrest Zumbro, San Quentin, CA, pro se.
    Denise A. Yates, Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Respondents-Appellees.
    Before: FARRIS, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

California state prisoner John Forrest Zumbro 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, and we affirm.

Zumbro contends that the Board’s 2004 decision to deny him parole was not supported by “some evidence” and therefore violated his due process rights. The only federal right at issue in the parole context is procedural, and the only proper inquiry is what process the inmate received, not whether the state court decided the case correctly. See Swarthout v. Cooke, — U.S. -, -, 131 S.Ct. 859, 862-63, 178 L.Ed.2d 732 (2011). Because Zumbro raises no procedural challenges, we affirm.

Zumbro’s motion to expand the record on appeal is denied.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.