WILLIAMS v. RHOADES

No. 02-15280.

354 F.3d 1101 (2004)

Hurshel WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Larry RHOADES; Matt Fontaine, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Horgan, Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.

Brian Alvarez, Deputy Attorney General, California Attorney General, Fresno, CA, for the respondents-appellees.

Before FARRIS, TROTT, Circuit Judges, and WEINER, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

FARRIS, Circuit Judge.

Hurshel Williams appeals the district court's ruling denying his petition for habeas corpus, claiming that race motivated the prosecutor's peremptory strike of the only African American from his jury in violation of the Equal Protection principles articulated in Batson v. Kentucky. The record reflects that the state courts did not unreasonably apply clearly established law or unreasonably determine the facts in denying...

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