WINDHAM v. MERKLE

No. 97-15455.

163 F.3d 1092 (1998)

John WINDHAM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William MERKLE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Windham, Pro Per, Susanville, California, petitioner-appellant.

Harry Joseph Colombo, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for respondent-appellee.

Before: ALARCON, O'SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge ALARCON; Dissent by Judge FERNANDEZ.

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

John W. Windham ("Windham"), a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the denial of his federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He asserts deprivations of rights protected under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. After summarizing the relevant facts, we address each of these contentions separately. We affirm in...

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