Cantway

MEMORANDUM **

California prisoner James Allen Cant-way appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging his conviction and sentence. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We review de novo, Patterson v. Gomez, 223 F.3d 959, 962 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm.

*852 Cantway contends that he was prevented from presenting a defense in violation of his rights under the Sixth Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, when the trial court struck the testimony of a defense witness who refused to answer questions on cross-examination. However, his claim fails because the trial court’s striking of testimony was neither arbitrary nor disproportionate to the purpose it was designed to serve. See Rock v. Arkansas, 483 U.S. 44, 55-56 , 107 S.Ct. 2704 , 97 L.Ed.2d 37 (1987) (holding that restrictions on a defendant’s right to present a defense are acceptable so long as they are not “arbitrary or disproportionate”); Williams v. Borg, 139 F.3d 737, 740-43 (9th Cir.1998) (concluding that striking of defendant’s entire testimony due to his invoking of privilege against self-incrimination, in response to questions…