Sylva Rivera v. State of Hawaii

26 F.3d 132 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Sylva RIVERA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF HAWAII, Respondent-Appellee. No. 93-15510. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 13, 1994. * Decided May 24, 1994. Before: FARRIS, BEEZER and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Sylva Rivera was convicted of second degree robbery and terroristic threatening. After exhausting his state court remedies, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 . The district court adopted the findings and recommendations of the magistrate judge and denied the petition. Rivera appeals the district court's denial of the petition. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and we affirm. 3 * We review de novo the district court's denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Brown v. Borg, 951 F.2d 1011, 1014 (9th Cir.1991). Because the facts are familiar to the parties, we do not restate them here. 4 Rivera…