Miles v. Stainer

Following a remand from this court, California state prisoner Jimmy Lee Miles appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for an immediate order granting habeas relief. We affirm.

I

In Miles’ previous appeal, a different panel of this court reversed the district court’s denial of habeas relief, holding that the state court had violated due process by failing to conduct a competency hearing before it ac*1352cepted Miles’ pleas of guilty to state kidnapping and robbery charges. Miles v. Stainer, 108 F.3d 1109, 1113 (9th Cir.1997). The panel remanded the action to the district court “with…