Royce Calvin Sands II v. Samuel A. Lewis, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Robert Crist, Warden, Arizona Correctional Training Center

891 F.2d 295 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Royce Calvin SANDS II, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Robert Crist, Warden, Arizona Correctional Training Center, Respondents-Appellees No. 88-2835. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 4, 1989. * Decided Dec. 7, 1989. Before WALLACE, PREGERSON, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Royce Calvin Sands, II, a state prisoner, appeals from the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . In his petition Sands alleges inter alia that he was denied effective assistance of counsel prior to his arrest during negotiations conducted by the Sheriff of Pima County over a five-day period in an attempt to arrest the petitioner and free his hostages without bloodshed. 3 The state respondents filed a motion to dismiss the petition on the ground that the claim of ineffective assistance of…