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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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10 KEITH AUGUSTINE, ) No. C 08-5676 CW (PR)
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Petitioner, ) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR A
For the Northern District of California
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) WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
United States District Court
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13 ROBERT L. AYERS, Warden, )
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16 INTRODUCTION
17 This is a federal habeas corpus action filed by a pro se
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forth below, the petition is DENIED.
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BACKGROUND
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In 1992, a Riverside County Superior Court jury convicted
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23 Petitioner of second degree murder, and Petitioner was sentenced
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unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as
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determined by the Supreme Court of the United States; or
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(2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable
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16 determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in
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and the States are under no duty to offer parole to their
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prisoners." Greenholtz v. Inmates of Neb. Penal and Correctional
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Complex, 442 U. S. 1, 7 (1979). "When, however, a State creates
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16 a liberty interest, the Due Process Clause requires fair
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result in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an
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unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, nor
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did it result in a decision that was based on an unreasonable
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16 determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in
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United States District Court
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District
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Court, Northern District of California.
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That on February 14, 2011, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing
15 said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by
16 depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office
delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.
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Keith Augustine H-52270
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21 San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin, CA 94974
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Dated: February 14, 2011
23 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk
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