Jose Albert Rivera-Sanchez v. Roger W. Crist, Warden, Arizona Attorney General

962 F.2d 14 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jose Albert RIVERA-SANCHEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roger W. CRIST, Warden, Arizona Attorney General, Respondent-Appellees. No. 90-15844. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 11, 1992. * Decided April 23, 1992. Before REINHARDT, NOONAN and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 The petitioner, Jose Alberto Rivera-Sanchez, was convicted of four counts of aggravated assault and one count of attempted murder in Arizona Superior Court on March 2, 1987. He appealed his conviction to the Arizona Court of Appeals, which affirmed, but never sought direct review in the Arizona Supreme Court. A subsequent petition for collateral relief filed in that court was denied. 3 The petitioner then turned to the federal courts for relief, filing a pro se habeas petition in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on October 30, 1989. The District Court determined that the…