Does the California Parole Board have a duty to render an impartial decision in a case where an inmate has been denied parole?

California inmates have a due process right to parole consideration by neutral, unbiased, disinterested decision makers. O'Bremski v. Maass, 915 F.2d 418, 422 (9th Cir. 1990). Because parole board officials perform tasks that are functionally comparable to those performed by the judiciary, they owe the same duty owed by the judiciary to render impartial decisions in cases and controversies that excite strong feeling because the litigant's liberty is at stake. O'Bremski v. Maass, 915 F.2d 418, 422 (9th Cir. 1990).

However, the mere fact that a board denies relief in a given

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