Gilberto Moralez v. Louis Winn , 592 F. App'x 637 ( 2015 )


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  •                                                                              FILED
    NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             FEB 24 2015
    MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                     U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
    GILBERTO GARCIA MORALEZ, a.k.a.                   No. 14-15878
    Heriberto Moralez,
    D.C. No. 4:13-cv-00430-LAB
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    v.                                              MEMORANDUM*
    LOUIS WINN,
    Respondent - Appellee.
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the District of Arizona
    Leslie Ann Bowman, Magistrate Judge, Presiding**
    Submitted February 17, 2015***
    Before:        O’SCANNLAIN, LEAVY, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
    Gilberto Garcia Moralez appeals, pro se, from the district court’s judgment
    dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition seeking an order expunging
    *
    This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
    except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
    **
    The parties consented to proceed before a magistrate judge.
    ***
    The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
    without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    an incident report and restoring his good conduct time and non-vested good time
    credit. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the
    district court’s decision to deny a section 2241 petition, United States v. Lemoine,
    
    546 F.3d 1042
    , 1046 (9th Cir. 2008), and we affirm.
    Moralez challenges the disciplinary hearing officer’s (“DHO”) finding that
    he engaged in disruptive conduct similar to stealing. He contends that he did not
    engage in prohibited conduct and that the proceedings violated his constitutional
    rights. The record reflects that the proper procedural safeguards were met and that
    “some evidence” supports the DHO findings. See Superintendent v. Hill, 
    472 U.S. 445
    , 455-56 (1985) (requirements of due process are satisfied if “some evidence”
    supports the disciplinary decision); Wolff v. McDonnell, 
    418 U.S. 539
    , 557 (1974)
    (setting forth due process requirements in prison disciplinary proceedings that
    implicate a liberty interest).
    We reject as unsupported Moralez’s contention that his rights under the
    Equal Protection Clause were violated. See Bostic v. Carlson, 
    884 F.2d 1267
    , 1271
    (9th Cir. 1989).
    AFFIRMED.
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