T hi s di s pos i t i on i s notappr opr i a t e f orpubl i c a t i on and i s notpr e c e de nt * e xc e pta s pr ovi de d by9th C i r . R . 36- 3.

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UN I TE D STATE S C OU RT OF APPE ALS FOR T HE NI NTH CI RC UI T RI CH A RD A . BA RK ER, P e titio n e r- A p p e lla n t, v. B O A R D O F P R I S O N T E R M S ; e t a l., R esp o n d en t s - A p p el l ees. N o. 07- 15100 D . C . N o . C V - 0 3 - 0 6 1 0 0 - A WI ME MOR AN DU M *

A pp ea l fr om the U ni t ed S t at es D i stri ctC ou rt f o rth e E a s te rn D is tr ic t o f C a lif o rn ia A nthonyW . I s hi i , C hi e f D i s tr i c tJ udge , P r e s i di ng S ubm i tt e d J une 29, 2010 ** B e f o r e : A L A R C Ó N , L E A V Y , a n dG R A B E R , C ir c u it Ju d g e s . C al i forni a s t at e pri soner R i char d A . B arker app ea l s pro se fr om the di stri ct c ourt ’ s j udgm e ntde ny i ng hi s 28 U . S . C . § 2254 habe a s pe t i t i on. W e ha ve 

# FI LED JU L 23 2010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALSW e c e rt i f yf orappe a l , on ourow n m ot i on, the i s s ue s of w he the rthe 2001 1 deci si on of the C al i forni a B oard of P ri son T erm s ( “ B oard”) t o d eny par ol e vi ol at ed du e proces s, the E i gh th A m endm ent , and the E x P ostF ac t o C l ause . 07- 15100 2 j u r i s d i c t i o n u n d e r2 8 U . S. C. § 2 2 5 3 , a n dw e a f f i rm. 1 B a rke rc ont e nds tha tthe B oa r d’ s 2001 de c i s i on t o de nyhi m pa r ol e w a s not s upport e d by“ s om e e vi de nc e ” a nd the r e f or e vi ol a t e d hi s due pr oc e s s r i ght s . T he state c o u rt d idn o t u n re as o n ab ly co n clu d e th at so m e e v id en ce su p p o rts th e B o ar d ’s d e c is io n . See 2 8 U .S .C . § 2 2 5 4 ( d ) ; see a l so H a y w a rd v . M a rs h a ll , 603 F . 3d 546, 56 2-63 , 56 9 (9th C i r. 20 10 ) ( en banc). B arker a l so cont ends thatthe B oard’ s dec i si on w as base d o n a “ no parol e” p o l i cy. W e co n cl u d e th atth e C al i fo rn i a co u rt ’ s rej ect i o n o f th i s cl ai m b ecau se B arker f ai l ed t o p rovi de any s up po rt i ng evi dence w as no tcontraryt o, or an unr e a s onabl e appl i c a t i on of , c l e a r l ye s t abl i s he d S upr e m e C ourtl a w , a nd w a s not a n u n r e a s o n ab le d e te rm in a tio n o f th e f a c ts in lig h t o f

th e e v id e n c e . See 2 8 U . S. C. §§ 22 54 (d), (e )( 1). B arker f urther c on t ends thatthe B oard’ s dec i si on re nd er ed hi s s ent ence di s pr oport i ona t e i n vi ol a t i on of the E i ghth A m e ndm e nt . W e c onc l ude tha tthe C al i forni a c ou rt ’ s r ej ec t i on of thi s c l ai m w as al so no tcontraryt o, or an unr e a s onabl e appl i c a t i on of , c l e a r l ye s t abl i s he d S upr e m e C ourtl a w , a nd w a s not a n u n r e a s o n ab le d e te rm in a tio n o f th e f a c ts in lig h t o f

th e e v id e n c e . See 2 8 U . S. C.07- 15100 3 § 2 2 5 4 ( d ) ; s e e al

s o L oc k y e rv . A ndr ade , 538 U . S . 63, 77 ( 2003) ( s t a t i ng tha tthe

“ gr os s di s pr oport i ona l i typr i nc i pl e r e s e rve s ac ons t i tut i ona l vi ol a t i on f oronl ythe extra ordi naryca se ”) . F in a lly , B a rk e rc o n te n d s th a t th e B o a r d ’s d e c is io n v io la te s th e E x P o s t F a c to C lau s e b e c au s e o f

c h a n g e s in C a lif

o rn ia ’s s e n te n c in g la w s . T h is c o n te n tio n f a ils b e c au s e “th e ap p lic a tio n o f th e [ D e te rm in a te S e n te n c in g L a w ] p a r o le - s u itab ility gu i del i nes t o p ri soners se nt ence d u nd erthe [I nd et erm i nat e S ent enci ng L aw ] do es no tdi sa dv ant age them , and there fore do es no tvi ol at e the fe dera l const i tut i on al p r o h ib itio n a g a in s t exp o s t fa c to l aw s. ” C o n n o rv . Es te lle , 981 F . 2d 1032, 1034 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 2 ) . B a rk e r ’s r e m a in in g c o n te n tio n s a r e u n p e r s u a s iv e . W e d e n yB a rk e r ’s m o tio n f o rap p o in tm e n t o f

c o u n s e l. W e c o n s tru e h is m o tio n s f

o rju d ic ia l n o tic e a s c ita tio n s o f s u p p le m e n ta l au th o r itie s . See Fe d . R. A p p . P . 2 8 (

j) . AF F I RME D.