Manuel Tarango, Jr. v. E. McDaniel

Opinion by Judge MURGUIA; Dissent by Judge RAWLINSON.

OPINION

MURGUIA, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Manuel Tarango, Jr. appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He claims violation of his due process right to a fair and impartial jury, where a police vehicle followed Juror No. 2, a known holdout against a guilty verdict, for approximately seven miles, on the second day of deliberations, in a highly publicized trial involving multiple police victims. Tarango argues that the Nevada Supreme Court’s decision upholding his convictions “was contrary to, or involved…