Little v. Franklin

94 F.3d 652 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ora LITTLE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard FRANKLIN, Director of Institutions; State of Alaska, Department of Corrections; Allen Terreault, Superintendent of Fairbanks Correctional Center, Respondents-Appellees. No. 95-35441. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 5, 1996. Decided Aug. 20, 1996. Before: GOODWIN, BRUNETTI and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Little petitioned for federal habeas relief after exhausting his state law remedies following his Alaska convictions for three counts of sexual penetration with an underage girl, one count of sexual contact with an underage girl, and one count of perjury. Little raises numerous claims of constitutional error, none of which has merit. The district court denied relief and we affirm. I. Equal Protection Challenge 3 Little first argues that Alaska's statutory scheme for "statutory rape" violates his right to equal…