HOLGERSON v. KNOWLES

No. 01-15804.

309 F.3d 1200 (2002)

Matthew F. HOLGERSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike KNOWLES, Acting Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Shenfield, San Francisco, CA, for petitioner-appellant.

Catherine A. Rivlin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, State of California, San Francisco, CA, for respondent-appellee.

Before: WALLACE, KOZINSKI and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Matthew F. Holgerson appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that California's decision to count his out-of-state convictions as strikes when it sentenced him under California's three-strikes law denied him due process. The district court had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). It concluded that Holgerson was not entitled to habeas relief and...

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