Opinion
No. 07-16869.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed July 3, 2008.
Colvin McCright, pro se.
Amber Nicole Wipfler, Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, James Ware, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-05-03266-JW.
Before: REINHARDT, LEAVY, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Colvin McCright, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the dismissal without prejudice of his habeas corpus petition brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court concluded that the petition was successive under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we vacate the district court's judgment.
As we determined in denying as unnecessary McCright's application to file a second or successive habeas petition in prior case no. 07-73706, his petition was not successive because it challenged the Board of Prison Terms' decision denying parole in 2003. McCright's prior habeas petitions challenged the legality of his detention pursuant to earlier parole denials. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b); Hill v. State of Alaska, 297 F.3d 895, 898-99 (9th Cir. 2002).