Alfred Leon Jones v. George Herman Attorney General of the State of Arizona

988 F.2d 120 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Alfred Leon JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. George HERMAN; Attorney General of the State of Arizona, Respondents-Appellees. No. 92-16163. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 11, 1993. * Decided Feb. 24, 1993. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona; No. CV-89-00615-EHC, Earl H. Carroll, District Judge, Presiding. D.Ariz. AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED. Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and CANBY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Arizona state prisoner Alfred Leon Jones appeals pro se the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . The district court held that Jones had failed properly to exhaust state remedies and to show cause for and prejudice from his procedural default. Because we have recently held that unclear Arizona law rendered the type of procedural default involved in four…