Willie D. Alexander v. Manfred F. Maass.

82 F.3d 422 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Willie D. ALEXANDER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Manfred F. MAASS. Respondent-Appellee. No. 94-35324. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 11, 1995. * Decided April 8, 1996. 1 Before: HUG, Chief Judge, GOODWIN, Circuit Judge, and SCHWARZER, District Judge. ** 2 MEMORANDUM *** BACKGROUND 3 In 1985, Willie D. Alexander was convicted by an Oregon Circuit Court of possessing a firearm as an exconvict in violation of Or.Rev.Stat. § 166.270(1). He appealed his conviction to the Oregon Court of Appeals, which affirmed. State v. Alexander, 78 Or.App. 322 , 717 P.2d 668 (1986). He then filed a petition for state post-conviction relief, which the Oregon Circuit Court denied. The Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed, Alexander v. Maass, 107 Or.App. 783 , 813 P.2d 1139 (1991), and the Oregon Supreme Court denied review, 312 Or. 150 , 817 P.2d 757 (1991). 4 Having exhausted his state remedies, Alexander…