Eddie Lee Thomerson v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Dept. Of Correction

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Eddie Lee Thomerson, an Arkansas prisoner, appeals from the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

I. FACTS

Thomerson returned home one evening to the house he shared with his girl friend and found her in the house with an unknown man. Before entering the house, Thomerson saw the man leave through the back door. Thomerson became angry and began arguing with his girl friend. He then started beating her with his fists. Thomer-son continued to beat his girl friend for over an hour until “[s]he finally stopped moving.” The…