Rhoades

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PAUL EZRA RHOADES,  No. 07-99023 Petitioner-Appellant D.C. No. v. JEFF HENRY, of the IMSI,  CV-93-00156-S-EJL District of Idaho, Department of Corrections State of Boise Idaho,*

OPINION

Respondent-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho Edward J. Lodge, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 3, 2010—Seattle, Washington

Filed March 8, 2010

Before: Pamela Ann Rymer, Ronald M. Gould and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Rymer

*Jeff Henry is substituted for his predecessor, Arvon J. Arave, Depart- ment of Corrections State of Idaho. Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2). COUNSEL

Oliver W. Loewy, Federal Defender Services of Idaho, Mos- cow, Idaho; Dennis A. Benjamin, Nevin, Benjamin, McKay & Bartlett, Boise, Idaho, for the petitioner-appellant.

L. LaMont Anderson, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, Idaho, for the respondent-appellee.

OPINION

RYMER, Circuit Judge:

Paul Ezra Rhoades appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of…