Robert Eldridge Jennison v. B.D. Goldsmith, Warden

51 F.3d 280 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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 Eldridge JENNISON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. B.D. GOLDSMITH, Warden, et al., Respondents-Appellees. No. 94-16532. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 21, 1995. * Decided March 27, 1995. Before: SNEED, POOLE, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Robert Eldridge Jennison appeals pro se denial of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction for four counts of child molestation and his fifty-six year sentence. Jennison contends that the district court erred by finding some of his claims procedurally barred and denying others on their merits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2253 , and we affirm. 3 Jennison was convicted, following a guilty plea, in 1982. He filed a direct appeal in the Arizona Court of Appeals and unsuccessfully petitioned for review before the Arizona Supreme Court. In 1984, he filed an Ariz.R.Crim.P. 32 petition for…