Gregory Paul JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Samuel SUBLETT, Respondent-Appellee

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Gregory Johnson appeals pro se the District Court’s denial of his post-conviction petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. An Arizona jury convicted Johnson of kidnapping, armed robbery and aggravated assault for his part in savagely beating and attempting to kill a man on the orders of his superior in the drug business. The Arizona courts upheld the conviction, 1 and Johnson sought habeas relief. The District Court eventually denied the petition. We affirm.

Johnson argues that the in-court identification of him by his victim was tainted by impermissibly suggestive pretrial…