Daniel Mellinger, Petitioner-Appellant,. v. Richard H. Rison, Warden, United States Penitentiary in Lompoc, California, and State of Hawaii, Daniel Mellinger v. State of Hawaii John Sullivan, Warden, Usp Lompoc

70 F.3d 1279 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Daniel MELLINGER, Petitioner-Appellant,. v. Richard H. RISON, Warden, United States Penitentiary in Lompoc, California, Respondent-Appellee, and State of Hawaii, Respondent. Daniel MELLINGER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Hawaii; John Sullivan, Warden, USP Lompoc, Respondents-Appellees. Nos. 93-16099, 93-16611. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 4, 1995. Decided Nov. 17, 1995. Before: PREGERSON, KOZINSKI and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 This appeal arises out of two habeas corpus petitions filed in the District of Hawaii by Daniel Mellinger. Although he is an inmate in the federal prison in Lompoc, California, Mellinger's habeas petitions relate to his convictions in Hawaii state court (pursuant to a guilty plea) on nine counts of armed robbery. In the first petition ("Petition 1"), he contended that he was being denied meaningful access to the courts because…