Melvin Munroe Littrell v. Roger Crist, Warden Grant Woods, Attorney General, State of Arizona

981 F.2d 1258 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Melvin Munroe LITTRELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roger CRIST, Warden; Grant Woods, Attorney General, State of Arizona, Respondents-Appellees. No. 92-15574. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 21, 1992. * Decided Dec. 28, 1992. Before TANG, NOONAN and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Melvin Munroe Littrell, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. He contends that the Arizona Court of Appeals denied him due process by refusing to permit him to file a pro se reply brief on direct appeal. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . We review de novo, Norris v. Risley, 878 F.2d 1178, 1180 (9th Cir.1989), and we affirm. 3 Following a jury trial, Littrell was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault and received two concurrent sentences of 7.5 years imprisonment. On direct appeal to the Arizona Court of…