NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JUN 15 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
KENNETH DALE KLYM, No. 10-35374
Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:09-cv-05041-JLQ
v.
MEMORANDUM*
ELDON VAIL, et al;
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Washington
Justin L. Quackenbush, Senior District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted June 9, 2011
Seattle, Washington
Before: REINHARDT, W. FLETCHER, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
Washington inmate Kenneth Klym appeals the district court’s denial of his
28 U.S.C.§ 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction and sentence
for stalking and first-degree assault. The state appeals court’s affirmance of the
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
trial court’s denial of his pro se motion for access to a law library did not
unreasonably deny his clearly established federal rights, as determined by the
Supreme Court, to self-representation, see Kane v. Garcia Espitia, 546 U.S. 9, 10
(2005), or to meaningful access to the courts, see Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343,
351 (1996). Accordingly, the district court did not err in denying habeas relief.
AFFIRMED.