Legal Opinion
Burns v. McFadden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 28, 2002No. 01-16539; D.C. No. CV-00-01933-SRBPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM**
Arizona state prisoner Aaron Scott Burns appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition, challenging his guilty plea conviction and sentence for one count of drive-by shooting. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review de novo the district court’s dismissal of a habeas corpus petition on procedural grounds, see James v. Pliler, 269 F.3d 1124, 1125 (9th Cir.2001), and we affirm.
Burns contends that the district court erred when it concluded he failed to properly exhaust his claim by presenting it in a petition for special action…
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