Max Eastin v. Ray Hobbs

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Max C. Eastin, an inmate in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Correction, appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for federal habeas corpus relief from his state convictions on a number of drug-related charges. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Eastin was arrested after a search of his houseboat uncovered evidence of methamphetamine manufacturing. Initially, his attorney filed motions to suppress evi denee from the search of the houseboat and for disclosure of the identity of the informant whose information had provided the probable cause…