Anthony Graham Trotter v. B.J. Bunnell, Warden

42 F.3d 1402 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Anthony Graham TROTTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. B.J. BUNNELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. No. 93-56425. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 4, 1994. Decided Dec. 6, 1994. Before: CANBY, LEAVY, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Anthony Graham Trotter pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, robbery, and burglary in exchange for a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole on the murder count, and a stay of sentence on the remaining charges. After exhausting his available state court remedies, Trotter filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. The matter was referred to a magistrate judge, who denied without prejudice each of Trotter's three motions for appointment of counsel. The district court adopted the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation, denied the writ, and dismissed Trotter's petition.…