Opinion
No. 12-16962
10-03-2014
HERMAN SANCHEZ, Petitioner - Appellant, v. GREG LEWIS, Warden, Respondent - Appellee.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 2:10-cv-02134-KJM-CKD MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Kimberly J. Mueller, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted September 12, 2014 San Francisco, California Before: SCHROEDER and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and CURIEL, District Judge.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel, United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, sitting by designation.
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Petitioner Herman Sanchez appeals from the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Petitioner challenges the California Superior Court's denial of his motion for discovery of a correctional officer's personnel file for evidence of untruthfulness ("Pitchess motion") without first conducting an in camera review. This court does not directly review questions of state evidence law, Jammal v. Van de Kamp, 926 F.2d 918, 919 (9th Cir. 1991), and Petitioner has failed to demonstrate that the state court's adjudication of his claim was "contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law." 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d).
AFFIRMED.