Kenneth Lee Bryant v. Samuel Sublett Grant Woods, Arizona Attorney General

87 F.3d 1317 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Kenneth Lee BRYANT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel SUBLETT; Grant Woods, Arizona Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees. No. 96-15031. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 11, 1996. * Decided June 18, 1996. Before: CANBY, NOONAN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Kenneth Lee Bryant, an Arizona state prisoner, appeals pro se the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his guilty plea conviction for four counts of child molestation and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor. Bryant contends that his claims are not procedurally defaulted even though the Arizona Court of Appeals dismissed his appeal for lack of a timely petition for review from the trial court's denial of his second post-conviction petition, and the Arizona Supreme Court denied review without explanation. This contention lacks merit. See Moran v. McDaniel, 80 F.3d 1261, 1269…