Holley

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JON ERIC HOLLEY,  No. 08-15104 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CV-02-00310-

MICHAEL YARBOROUGH, RRB/JFM

Respondent-Appellee.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Ralph R. Beistline, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 13, 2009—San Francisco, California

Filed June 16, 2009

Before: Thomas G. Nelson, Andrew J. Kleinfeld and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

7157 7160 HOLLEY v. YARBOROUGH

COUNSEL

Suzanne Adele Luban, Oakland, California, for the petitioner- appellant.

Edmund G. Brown Jr., Dane R. Gillette, Michael P. Farrell, Brian G. Smiley, and Tami M. Warwick, Office of the Cali- fornia Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for the respondent-appellee.

OPINION

MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-Appellant Jon Eric Holley appeals the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Holley claims that he was denied his rights under the Sixth and…