Sidney Darnell Easter v. J.S. Stainer, Warden, California State Prison at Corcoran James-Roland, Director, California Department of Corrections

50 F.3d 13 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Sidney Darnell EASTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.S. STAINER, Warden, California State Prison at Corcoran; James-Roland, Director, California Department of Corrections Respondents-Appellees. No. 94-16023. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 14, 1995. Decided March 15, 1995. Before: FLETCHER, PREGERSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Sidney Darnell Easter appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that delays by the California appellate courts in deciding his direct appeal violated his Due Process rights. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2253 , and we affirm. BACKGROUND 3 Easter was convicted in California of special circumstance felony murder, Cal.Penal Code Secs. 187(a), 189, two special circumstances of robbery and burglary, Sec. 190.2(a)(17)(i), (vii), and numerous firearms violations, based upon a…