FOSTER v. WASHINGTON ST. BD. OF PRISON TERMS & PAROLE

No. 88-4195.

878 F.2d 1233 (1989)

Jerry Don FOSTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WASHINGTON STATE BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Don Foster, pro per, Medical Lake, Wash., for petitioner-appellant.

James B. Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for respondent-appellee.

Before FARRIS, NOONAN and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

Jerry Don Foster brought a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 seeking relief from the length of his prison term in the State of Washington. The district court denied his petition as well as denying his request for appointed counsel. Foster appeals. We affirm the district court. Because Foster's petition is one of almost one hundred similar petitions raising the same issue as to the State of Washington's Sentencing Reform Act...

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