Case Name: Mark A. PORRAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Martin BITER, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-11-24
Citations: 585 F. App'x 675
Docket Number: No. 13-16542
Parties: Mark A. PORRAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Martin BITER , Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, FISHER, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 585
Pages: 675–675

Head Matter:
Mark A. PORRAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Martin BITER , Respondent-Appellee.
No. 13-16542.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 18, 2014.
Filed Nov. 24, 2014.
Suzanne Adele Luban, Law Offices of Suzanne A. Luban, Oakland, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Mark A. Porras, pro se.
Jennifer Gwen Ross, Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent-Appel-lee.
Before: LEAVY, FISHER, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Martin Biter is substituted as Respondent.
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 Mark A. Porras appeals from the district court's judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2553. We review the district court's decision to deny Porras's habeas petition de novo, see Nevarez v. Barnes, 749 F.3d 1124, 1127 (9th Cir.) (per curiam), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 295, — L.Ed.2d - (2014), and we affirm.
In 2002, Porras pled guilty to three felonies and was sentenced to 16 years. On June 13, 2007, he was validated as an associate of a prison gang and assessed an indeterminate term in the Secured Housing Unit ("SHU"). In January 2010, California Penal Code section 2933.6 was amended to deny conduct credits for inmates who are housed in the SHU and are validated gang members or associates. Porras contends that his right to be free from ex post facto laws was violated because his release date was extended when prison officials applied the statutory amendment to him. The state court's rejection of this claim was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established Supreme Court precedent. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1); Nevarez, 749 F.3d at 1128-29 (California court did not unreasonably conclude that section 2933.6 punishes conduct occurring after the original offense). Furthermore, the state court's rejection of this claim was not based on an unreasonable determination of facts. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
. We agree with the parties that Porras's notice of appeal was timely filed on July 7, 2013, the day he handed it to prison authorities for mailing. See Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(1)(A); Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276, 108 S.Ct. 2379, 101 L.Ed.2d 245 (1988).