FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUN 23 2011
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TUANJA EDWARD ANDERSON, No. 09-16345
Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:05-cv-01609-GEB
v.
MEMORANDUM *
KATHLEEN DICKINSON,
Appellee,
BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Garland E. Burrell, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted June 15, 2011 **
Before: CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
California state prisoner Tuanja Edward Anderson appeals from the district
court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have
*
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).
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.
Anderson contends that the evidence introduced at his trial was insufficient
to support a conviction for second-degree murder. Based upon the evidence
adduced at trial, a rational trier of fact could have found that the prosecution
proved the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. See Jackson
v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319 (1979). Accordingly, the state court’s decision
rejecting Anderson’s claim was not contrary to, and did not involve an
unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law as determined by the
Supreme Court of the United States, nor was it based on an unreasonable
determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in state court. See
28 U.S.C. § 2254(d).
AFFIRMED.
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