Steven A. Volstad v. Kenneth Ducharme

972 F.2d 1348 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Steven A. VOLSTAD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kenneth DUCHARME, Respondent-Appellee. No. 91-35302. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 10, 1992. Decided June 24, 1992. Before ALARCON, RYMER and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Steven Volstad was convicted and sentenced to 347 months in prison for the murder of his ex-wife. Volstad appealed this conviction to the Washington Court of Appeals raising nine separate issues and then to the Washington Supreme Court, appealing for further review only five of these issues. The supreme court denied review without comment. Volstad subsequently petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, raising the nine claims originally brought before the Washington Court of Appeals. The district court granted the state's motion for summary judgment and denied Volstad's petition for habeas corpus with prejudice. 3 Volstad now…