Louisell v. Director of Iowa Department of Corrections

WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.

Yvette M. Louisell appeals from the district court’s 2 denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

I

In the fall of 1987, Louisell was a seventeen year-old college freshman who worked part-time as a nude model for a college art course. Keith Stillwell, one of the art students, befriended Louisell and often hired her to model in his home. Stillwell was a paraplegic who walked with two canes or crutches and had limited use of his hands. While at Stillwell’s home for a modeling session on December 6, 1987, Louisell fatally…