Izuel

Izuel v. Terhune

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81 F. App'x 972
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 1, 2003No. 02-55073; D.C. No. CV-00-01717-GAFCalifornia296 words

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MEMORANDUM **

Albert Saint Izuel appeals from the district court’s denial of his habeas petition. We granted a certificate of appealability on the issue “whether the prosecutor failed to reasonably investigate, pursuant to Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. 419, 437 , 115 S.Ct. 1555 , 131 L.Ed.2d 490 (1995), the *973 Upjohn Company for any exculpatory evidence it knew.” We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 , and we affirm.

Habeas relief is available to a state prisoner only when the state court’s decision is “contrary to, or involve[s] an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States” or is “based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented at the state Court proceeding.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d). We conclude that the state court did not unreasonably apply clearly established federal law in ruling that the prosecutor did not violate Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 , 83 S.Ct. 1194 , 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). It is undisputed that the prosecutor was not aware of the evidence that Izuel characterizes as exculpatory. In Kyles , the Court held that a prosecutor has “a duty to learn of…

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