Opinion by Judge KLEINFELD; Concurrence by Judge BERZON. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge: We address three issues: 1) whether a certificate of appealability is needed to appeal a district court’s order denying a writ of habeas corpus arising out of a state’s denial of parole; 2) whether federal constitutional law imposes on the states a requirement for some quantum of evidence to support a state’s denial of paro…
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