Rosas

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MIGUEL ROSAS,  No. 04-16039 Petitioner-Appellant, v.  D.C. No. 01-0809-LKK

JAMES NIELSEN,

OPINION

Respondent-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence K. Karlton, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 16, 2005* San Francisco, California

Filed November 4, 2005

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, John R. Gibson,** and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion

*This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). **The Honorable John R. Gibson, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Miguel Rosas, Vacaville, California, in pro se, for the petitioner-appellant.

Constance L. Picciano, Deputy Attorney General, Sacra- mento, California, for the respondent-appellee.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Miguel Rosas petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging that he was improperly denied…