Case Name: Santos CHAVEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ben CURRY, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-06-24
Citations: 439 F. App'x 668
Docket Number: No. 09-17656
Parties: Santos CHAVEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ben CURRY, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 439
Pages: 668–668

Head Matter:
Santos CHAVEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ben CURRY, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 09-17656.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 15, 2011.
Filed June 24, 2011.
Santos Chavez, Soledad, CA, pro se.
Amanda Jane Murray, AGCA-Office of The California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Santos Chavez appeals pro se 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.
Chavez contends that the Board's 2006 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, 863, 178 L.Ed.2d 732 (2011) (per curiam). Because Chavez raises no procedural challenges, we affirm.
Chavez further requests that the certificate of appealability be expanded. Because Chavez fails to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, the motion is denied. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); see also Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d, 1098, 1104 (9th Cir.1999) (per curiam).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.