Preston Eccles Locke v. Warden Borg

5 F.3d 537 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Preston Eccles LOCKE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden BORG, Respondent-Appellee. No. 91-15990. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 23, 1993. * Decided Sept. 2, 1993. Before: PREGERSON, BRUNETTI, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Preston Eccles Locke, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition for habeas corpus. Locke contends that he was denied his right to counsel under both the fifth and sixth amendments. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2253 and review de novo. Thomas v. Lewis, 945 F.2d 1119, 1122 (9th Cir.1991). We affirm. 1 Background 3 On December 13, 1979, Locke was contacted by two police officers. The officers had received information that Locke was seen in the company of Luis Borrella on the day that Borrella had disappeared, and that Locke had told Borrella's former spouse that…