Case Name: Darryl Maurice YOUNG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Florida Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-03-22
Citations: 418 F. App'x 870
Docket Number: No. 10-11407
Parties: Darryl Maurice YOUNG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Florida Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before EDMONDSON, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 418
Pages: 870–871

Head Matter:
Darryl Maurice YOUNG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Florida Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 10-11407
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
March 22, 2011.
Darryl Maurice Young, Clermont, FL, pro se.
Joy A. Stubbs, Jamie Braun, Bill McCollum, Sherry Anita Toothman, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondents-Appellees.
Before EDMONDSON, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Darryl Maurice Young, appearing pro se, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition.
"The district court's grant or denial of habeas corpus relief is reviewed de novo," while the court's factual findings are reviewed for clear error. Sims v. Singletary, 155 F.3d 1297, 1304 (11th Cir.1998). Before we review a district court's denial of a section 2254 petition, the petitioner must obtain a certificate of appealability by making a "substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(l)-(2). The scope of our review is limited to the issues specified in the certificate of appealability. Murray v. United States, 145 F.3d 1249, 1250-51 (11th Cir.1998) (per curiam). On appeal, Young asserts that the district court erred by not providing him an opportunity for discovery or for an evidentiary hearing. But we granted a certificate of appealability only to determine:
[w]hether the district court violated Clisby v. Jones, 960 F.2d 925 (11th Cir.1992), by failing to address Young's claim that he was improperly treated as ineligible to earn gain time for six months following his disciplinary infraction, pursuant to Fla. Admin.Code § 33-601.101 (6)(a)(2)-(3) (1998).
In Clisby we exercised our supervisory power over the district courts and instructed them "to resolve all claims for relief raised in a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to [section 2254], regardless whether habeas relief is granted or denied." 960 F.2d at 936. A "claim for relief' is "any allegation of a constitutional violation," and two separate allegations of a constitutional violation "constitute two distinct claims for relief, even if both allegations arise from the same alleged set of operative facts." Id. If a district court fails to address all of the claims in a habeas petition, we "vacate the district court's judgment without prejudice and remand the case for consideration of all remaining claims...." Id. at 938.
The district court properly addressed Young's argument that he was erroneously treated as ineligible to earn gain time for six months following his disciplinary infraction. First, the court reviewed and upheld the state court's decision, which addressed the issue of ineligibility to earn gain time. The state court held that Young failed to show a violation of his due process rights, and the district court determined that this was not an unreasonable application of federal law.
The district court also found that Young "received the degree of fairness in the disciplinary proceeding to which he was entitled." The court properly analyzed Young's claim as a due process claim, rather than assessing whether it was proper under state law, because only claims that a person has been held in custody in violation of the Constitution or federal law are cognizable in section 2254 habeas petitions. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). The court did not err under Clisby, so the denial of Young's habeas petition is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.