Amin Aleali v. William A. Merkle, Warden

73 F.3d 368 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Amin ALEALI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William A. MERKLE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. No. 95-15619. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 5, 1995. Decided Dec. 19, 1995. 1 Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, THOMPSON, Circuit Judge, and THOMPSON, * District Judge. MEMORANDUM 2 Aleali appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 . We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2253 . We affirm. 3 The district court properly ruled that the disputed hearsay testimony possessed sufficient indicia of reliability to permit its introduction into evidence without violation of the Sixth Amendment. Idaho v. Wright, 497 U.S. 805, 818 (1989). 4 The district court also properly ruled on the excluded evidence that Aleali's pursuer carried a gun. That evidence was irrelevant to the issue because…