FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION SEP 29 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
BANQUO D. YOUNG, No. 08-16021
Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:03-cv-01674-MCE
v.
MEMORANDUM *
JOE MCGRATH,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Morrison C. England, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted September 13, 2010 **
Before: SILVERMAN, CALLAHAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Banquo D. Young appeals from the district court’s order denying his 28
U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. Pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738
(1967), Young’s counsel has filed a brief stating there are no grounds for relief
with regard to the certified issue and a motion to withdraw as counsel of record.
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
We have provided the appellant with the opportunity to file a pro se supplemental
brief and we have considered his November 19, 2008 informal brief. No
answering brief has been filed.
The state court’s determination of the issue certified for appeal, that
sufficient evidence was presented at Young’s trial to support his convictions, was
not contrary to, nor involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established
federal law. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d); Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319
(1979). Our independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio,
488 U.S. 75, 80-81 (1988), discloses no arguable grounds for relief. Accordingly,
we deny counsel’s request to expand the certificate of appealability. See 9th Cir.
R. 22-1(e); see also Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir. 1999) (per
curiam).
We construe the due process arguments in Young’s pro se supplemental
brief as a motion to expand the certificate of appealability. So construed, the
motion is denied. See id.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the district court’s
judgment is AFFIRMED.
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