Legg

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner William W. Legg, III appeals the district court’s dis *924 missal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his jury trial conviction and 26-years-to-life sentence for first degree murder. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 , and we affirm. Substantive review of this petition is governed by pre-Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) standards and precedent because Legg filed his petition prior to the effective date of AEDPA. See Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. 320, 327 , 117 S.Ct. 2059 , 138 L.Ed.2d 481 (1997); Mancuso v. Olivarez, 292 F.3d 939, 949 (9th Cir.2002). An independent review of the record is required to determine whether the state court clearly erred in its application of controlling federal law because the state court did not supply reasoning for its decision. See Delgado v. Lewis, 223 F.3d 976, 982 (9th Cir.2000).

Legg contends that the trial court erred in denying his claim that the jury’s alleged inadvertent receipt of extraneous material “had a substantial and injurious effect on, and influenced, the jury’s verdict.” We are not persuaded. Legg has not provided evidence that any…