Robert E. White v. John R. Hallahan

46 F.3d 1149 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Robert E. WHITE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John R. HALLAHAN, et al., Respondents-Appellees. No. 94-16311. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 11, 1995. * Decided Jan. 23, 1995. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HALL and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. MEMORANDUM ** Robert Earl White, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition. In 1986, White was convicted of burglary and sexual assault. He was sentenced to a mandatory life sentence for the sexual assault conviction to be served consecutively to a 20-year term of imprisonment for the burglary conviction. White contends the district court erred when it denied his petition as an abuse of the writ. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 . After accepting the district court's factual findings unless clearly erroneous and reviewing its conclusions of law de novo, Jones v.…