Mark Augustine Lugo v. Robert Borg, Warden James H. Gomez, Attorney General of the State of California

81 F.3d 169 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Mark Augustine LUGO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert BORG, Warden; James H. Gomez, Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. No. 92-56525. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 22, 1996. * Decided April 3, 1996. Before: CHOY, SNEED, and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Mark Augustine Lugo, a California state prisoner, appeals the denial of his request for habeas corpus relief. We affirm. 3 I. Factual and Procedural Background. 4 At approximately 7:00 a.m. on November 16, 1987, Eydie Lopez was found dead in her car in a dirt lot across the street from a Denny's Restaurant. At 11:00 a.m. that morning, Lugo called Lopez's home and a police officer investigating the murder answered the telephone. Lugo asked what had happened to Lopez and stated that he thought something had happened because he heard the voice of Detective Narramore, one of Lugo's teachers at…