Ramirez

Ramirez v. Terhune

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128 F. App'x 663
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 13, 2005No. 01-55624California135 words

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Raymond Ramirez appeals the district court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition, which challenged his sentence under California’s three-strikes law for possession of methamphetamine. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 , and we vacate and remand.

This court granted a Certificate of Ap-pealability on the issue of whether Ramirez’s 25-years-to-life sentence for possession of 0.29 grams of methamphetamine constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. We vacate the district court’s judgment and remand to the district court for consideration of Ramirez’s Eighth Amendment claim under Reyes v. Brown, 399 F.3d 964 (9th Cir. 2005).

VACATED and REMANDED.

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