Case Name: Frank THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. D.K. SISTO, Warden, 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 663
Docket Number: No. 10-15946
Parties: Frank THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. D.K. SISTO, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 439
Pages: 663–664

Head Matter:
Frank THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. D.K. SISTO, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 10-15946.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 15, 2011.
Filed June 24, 2011.
William L. Schmidt, Law Office of William Schmidt, Fresno, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Michael G. Lagrama, 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 Frank Thompson appeals 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.
Thompson contends that the Board's 2005 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 Thompson raises no procedural challenges, we affirm.
We construe appellant's additional arguments as a motion to expand the certificate of appealability. So construed, the motion is denied. See 9th Cir. R. 22-1(e); see also Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (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.