Taylor

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 29 2010

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ALONZO L. TAYLOR, No. 08-15042

Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. CV-03-00592-MMC

v.

MEMORANDUM *

JIM HAMLET,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Maxine M. Chesney, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 16, 2010 **

Before: SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

California state prisoner Alonzo L. Taylor appeals from the district court’s

order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

EOH/Research Taylor contends that the district court erred when it determined that he

entered his guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily. Any error that may…