Gomez

MEMORANDUM *

Ansar El Muhammad, also known as Tom Durand Young, appeals from the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging his state conviction for murder. Muhammad claims that state and federal prosecutors violated his right to Due Process when they facilitated a plea agreement whereby Muhammad confessed to the murder as part of a “global plea arrangement.” Pursuant to the global plea arrangement, Muhammad and other members of his religious sect pleaded guilty to their crimes in exchange for the government’s promise of leniency toward their spiritual leader, Willie Brown. Muhammad contends that his confession was involuntary, and therefore inadmissible, because the plea agreement exploited his religious faith and his loyalty to Brown.

We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253, and we affirm. We review the denial of a petition for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 de novo. See Alvarado v. Hill, 252 F.3d 1066, 1068 (9th Cir.2001). Under the Antiterroism and Effective Death Penalty Act, however, we must defer to the state court’s decision unless it is contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established Supreme Court…