Lou Boyer v. John Ignacio Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General of the State of Nevada

95 F.3d 1156 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lou BOYER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John IGNACIO; Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Respondents-Appellees. No. 96-15199. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1996. * Decided Aug. 26, 1996. Before: BROWNING, SCHROEDER and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lou Boyer, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . We review de novo, Calderon v. Prunty, 59 F.3d 1005, 1008 (9th Cir.1995). We affirm. 3 Generally, a federal court will consider the merits of a state prisoner's habeas corpus petition only after the prisoner has exhausted all available state remedies. See Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509, 515 (1982); see also Crotts v. Smith, 73 F.3d 861, 865 (9th Cir.1996). To satisfy the exhaustion requirement, a state prisoner must first raise…