Foote
Foote v. Del Papa
Opinion
Opinion
Wallace, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RICKY L. FOOTE, No. 06-15094 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CV-02-00288-RCJ/
RAM
FRANKIE SUE DEL PAPA; E.K.
MCDANIEL, AMENDED
Respondents-Appellees. OPINION
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Robert C. Jones, Presiding
Argued and Submitted November 17, 2006—San Francisco, California
Filed July 3, 2007
Before: J. Clifford Wallace and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges, and David A. Ezra,* District Judge.
Opinion by Judge Wallace
*The Honorable David A. Ezra, United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, sitting by designation. COUNSEL
Paul G. Turner, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the petitioner-appellant.
David K. Neidert, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Justice Division, Reno, Nevada, for the respondents- appellees.
OPINION
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Foote appeals from the district court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. We have juris- diction to review the…