Court Opinion

ID: 9487540
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 12:19:41.210312+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:52:20.549252
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NOONAN, Circuit Judge, dissenting:
“Habeas corpus jurisdiction ... exists when a petitioner seeks expungement of a disciplinary finding from his record if ex-pungement is likely to accelerate the prisoner’s eligibility for parole.” Bostic v. Carlson, 884 F.2d 1267, 1269-74 (9th Cir.1989), citing McCollum v. Miller, 695 F.2d 1044, 1047 (7th Cir.1982). In both Bostic and McCollum expungement of the disciplinary finding would accelerate the petitioners’ eligibility for parole, because part of the sanction imposed was forfeiture of Statutory Good Time credit toward parole. Nigro does not allege loss of good time credit, but “possible impact at any parole hearing and/or pre-release program.” This unsubstantiated speculation is insufficient for the court to infer that if the disciplinary proceedings are expunged the length of imprisonment will be reduced. Id. at 1047. We lack jurisdiction to reach the merits of his appeal.