Russell Lee White v. Peter Demosthenes, Nevada State Prison

5 F.3d 544 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Russell Lee WHITE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Peter DEMOSTHENES, Nevada State Prison, et al., Respondent-Appellee. No. 92-16640. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 3, 1993. * Decided Sept. 8, 1993. Before: REAVLEY, ** PREGERSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Russell Lee White appeals pro se the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 . In March 1984, White pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of Sophie Chavez. 3 1. White asserts that his guilty plea was involuntary because it was a result of ineffective assistance of counsel. 4 (a) First, White contends that his attorney failed to obtain evidence from nineteen fellow inmates. According to White, these nineteen inmates would have refuted the allegations of the three inmates who claimed that White admitted killing Sophie Chavez. White first raised this issue in state…