Bulman

940 F.2d 667 Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Roland Wayne BULMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roger CRIST, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. No. 90-16780. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 23, 1991. * Decided July 26, 1991. Before PREGERSON, D.W. NELSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Roland Wayne Bulman, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's sua sponte dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition for habeas corpus. We review de novo, Watts v. Bonneville, 879 F.2d 685, 687 (9th Cir.1989), and vacate and remand. 3 Bulman filed a habeas petition in the Arizona Supreme Court. On August 1, 1990, the Supreme Court dismissed the petition, finding that "Bulman did not file a direct appeal on the advice of counsel and ... further that he elected not to file a Petition for Review after a Petition for Post-Conviction Relief was dismissed and relief denied." On August 16, 1990,…