In re J.G.
Where prisoner filed petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his classification as a "multijurisdiction prisoner" and denial of his request to appear in person at his "lifers hearing" before Board of Parole Hearings, substantive issues raised in petition were not mooted by board's vague assurances that it would facilitate petitioner's future attendance at hearings because issues were capable of repetition yet evading review with respect to petitioner or others similarly situated. Plain language of Penal Code Secs. 3041.5 and 2911 show that petitioner has statutory right to appear in person at "lifers hearing," and California Code of Regulations, Title 15, Secs. 2367(d)(1) and (d)(2), which provide for telephonic appearance, are void to extent they bar a prisoner from appearing in person at parole hearing. CDCR violated petitioner's right to due process where it failed to honor specific agreement that petitioner's "hearings for parole consideration and determination of sentence [would] be conducted on the same basis as if [he] were in a California institution.
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