Collier

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

STEVEN W. COLLIER,  No. 04-15017 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CV-99-00641-ECR/

BOB BAYER, RAM

Respondent-Appellee.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Edward C. Reed, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 4, 2004—San Francisco, California

Filed June 3, 2005

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Sidney R. Thomas, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge B. Fletcher Dissent by Judge Bea COUNSEL

Franny A. Forsman and John C. Lambrose, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the petitioner-appellant. 6218 COLLIER v. BAYER Brian Sandoval and Robert E. Wieland, Reno, Nevada, for the respondent-appellee.

OPINION

B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-Appellant Stephen Wayne Collier appeals from the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, which denied his petition for a writ of habeas cor- pus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied Col- lier’s habeas petition for failing to comply…