Jason McKinley Ward v. P. Demosthenes

996 F.2d 1230 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jason McKinley WARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. P. DEMOSTHENES, et al., Respondents-Appellees. No. 92-16346. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 17, 1993. * Decided June 24, 1993. 1 Before NORRIS and RYMER, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Jason McKinley Ward appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus arising from his conviction for the first degree murder and burglary of Morris Gentry. We have jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 4 Ward raises many issues which do not involve federal constitutional rights, and therefore are not cognizable in habeas. Ward first argues that the state of Nevada breached a verbal contract made by a public official acting under the color of law. Ward claims that the police dispatcher who convinced him to surrender promised him that if he turned himself in, he would get an…