Andrew Cejas v. Lou Blanas

MEMORANDUM

Petitioner Andrew Cejas seeks federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on the ground that he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. The district court denied the petition and we affirm.

We review de novo a district court’s decision denying a petition for writ of ha-beas corpus. Riggs v. Fairman, 399 F.3d 1179, 1181 (9th Cir.2005). Habeas relief may be granted only if we determine that the last reasoned decision at the state court level was “contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States” or the decision “was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the state court proceeding.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d). To grant relief, we must conclude that the state court decision was “not only erroneous, but objectively unreasonable.” Brown v. Ornoski, 503 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir.2007) (internal quotations and subsequent citations omitted). To the extent that a state court decision is unaccompanied by a rationale for its conclusion, we conduct an independent review of the record to…