Michael Neuman v. Alan Crogan

MEMORANDUM *

Petitioner Michael Richard Neuman (Neuman) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition premised on the prosecutor’s allegedly improper use of peremptory challenges to exclude “people of color” from the jury in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253, and we affirm.

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