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Case: 21-20236        Document: 00516701373             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/05/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit                                       United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit

                                                                                       FILED
                                                                                     April 5, 2023
                                      No. 21-20236
                                    Summary Calendar                            Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                     Clerk

   Jesse Celedon Gamboa,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                            versus

   Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
   Correctional Institutions Division; Debra Gibbs, Chair,

                                                                 Defendants—Appellees.

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:20-CV-231

   Before Richman, Chief Judge, Duncan, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         Jesse Celedon Gamboa, Texas prisoner # 2106445, appeals the
   summary judgment dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint.                           He
   contends that a new Texas law governing parole should not apply to him
   because his convictions occurred before the new law became effective; he was
   entitled to parole review consideration on the earlier date permitted by the

         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 21-20236      Document: 00516701373          Page: 2   Date Filed: 04/05/2023

                                    No. 21-20236

   prior parole law; and the failure to conduct a parole review hearing on the
   earlier date violated his due process rights and amounted to a violation of the
   Ex Post Facto Clause.
          We review the grant of a summary judgment motion de novo, see
   Xtreme Lashes, LLC v. Xtended Beauty, Inc., 576 F.3d 221, 226 (5th Cir.
   2009), and may affirm on any basis supported by the record, see Hunter v.
   Tamez, 622 F.3d 427, 430 (5th Cir. 2010). Having reviewed the record and
   briefs, we discern no error in the dismissal of Gamboa’s due process claim,
   see Orellana v. Kyle, 65 F.3d 29, 31-32 (5th Cir. 1995) (per curiam), or his ex
   post facto violation claim, see Cal. Dep’t of Corrs. v. Morales, 514 U.S. 499,
   508-09 (1995); see also Garner v. Jones, 529 U.S. 244, 251 (2000).
          AFFIRMED.

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