Kenneth Klym v. Eldon Vail

NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JUN 15 2011 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS KENNETH DALE KLYM, No. 10-35374 Petitioner -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.