Johnny Albert Partner v. R. Snider

26 F.3d 131 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Johnny Albert PARTNER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. R. SNIDER, Respondent-Appellee. No. 92-56477. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 6, 1994. * Decided June 14, 1994. Before: TANG, PREGERSON, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Johnny Albert Partner, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Partner was convicted of first-degree murder, with the special circumstances that Partner had used a firearm and that the murder was committed during the course of a robbery. Partner was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Secs. 1291 , 2253, and review de novo. See Thomas v. Lewis, 945 F.2d 1119, 1122 (9th Cir.1991). We affirm. 3 Partner contends that (1) he was improperly impeached with a prior state conviction, (2) there…