Ordie Coney v. Arthur Schmidt, Superintendent, Palmer Correctional Center, State of Alaska

978 F.2d 714 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ordie CONEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Arthur SCHMIDT, Superintendent, Palmer Correctional Center, State of Alaska, Respondent-Appellee. No. 91-36077. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 20, 1992. Decided Nov. 3, 1992. Before HUG, D.W. NELSON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Alaska state prisoner, Ordie Coney, raises four issues in his appeal of the district court's denial of his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. We hold Coney has not demonstrated that any error of constitutional dimension occurred and affirm the district court. I. EXHAUSTION OF STATE REMEDIES 3 The district court ruled that Coney had not exhausted his state remedies as to all claims, but alternatively reached the merits of the petition. On appeal, Coney claims he did not raise the issues which the appellee claims are not exhausted and, to the extent the issues were raised, he abandons them.…