Walter J. Blair v. Bill Armontrout, Walter J. Blair v. William Armontrout William Webster

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Walter J. Blair appeals from an order of the district court1 denying habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988), and his motion for relief from judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(6). Blair urges five grounds on appeal, but we will devote extended discussion to only one issue: Blair’s claim that striking African Americans from his jury panel violated his right to equal protection of the law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment under Swain v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 202, 85 S.Ct. 824, 13 L.Ed.2d 759 (1965).2 We affirm the district *1133court’s denial of the writ and…