Margarito Santeyan v. Samuel A. Lewis, Director Arizona Attorney General, of the State of Arizona

87 F.3d 1322 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Margarito SANTEYAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel A. LEWIS, Director; Arizona Attorney General, of the state of Arizona, Respondents-Appellees. No. 95-17379. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 11, 1996. * Decided June 14, 1996. Before: CANBY, JOHN T. NOONAN, JR., and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Arizona state prisoner Margarito Santeyan appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging his conviction and sentence for possession of narcotics and narcotics paraphernalia. Santeyan contends that the district court erred by denying his claims that (A) he received ineffective assistance of counsel; (B) the state court's failure to suppress evidence violated due process; and (C) statements made by the prosecutor at trial violated due process. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court's denial of a section 2254…