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Burgess v. Rios

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Oct 3, 2016
658 F. App'x 335 (9th Cir. 2016)

Opinion

No. 15-16512

10-03-2016

COREY BURGESS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. HECTOR ALFONZO RIOS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 1:12-cv-00544-AWI MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Anthony W. Ishii, District Judge, Presiding Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Former federal prisoner Corey Burgess appeals pro se from the district court's judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition challenging a prison disciplinary hearing. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the denial of a section 2241 petition, see Tablada v. Thomas, 533 F.3d 800, 805 (9th Cir. 2008), and we affirm.

Because Burgess is serving a term of supervised release that derived from his underlying conviction, we reject appellee's argument that this appeal is moot. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3), (h); Tablada, 533 F.3d at 802 n.1.

Burgess challenges the disciplinary hearing officer's finding that he committed assault and contends that the disciplinary proceedings violated his right to due process. The record reflects that Burgess's disciplinary hearing comported with due process and "some evidence" supports the disciplinary officer's findings. See Superintendent v. Hill, 472 U.S. 445, 455 (1985) (requirements of due process are satisfied if "some evidence" supports disciplinary decision); Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 563-71 (1974) (setting forth due process requirements for prison disciplinary proceedings). We reject as unfounded Burgess's contentions that the district court unreasonably delayed in rendering judgment, was biased against him, and erred by failing to require that Burgess exhaust administrative remedies.

Appellee's request for judicial notice is granted.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Burgess v. Rios

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Oct 3, 2016
658 F. App'x 335 (9th Cir. 2016)
Case details for

Burgess v. Rios

Case Details

Full title:COREY BURGESS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. HECTOR ALFONZO RIOS, Warden…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Oct 3, 2016

Citations

658 F. App'x 335 (9th Cir. 2016)

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