FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 03 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
HERMAN SANCHEZ, No. 12-16962
Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:10-cv-02134-KJM-CKD
v.
MEMORANDUM*
GREG LEWIS, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Kimberly J. Mueller, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted September 12, 2014
San Francisco, California
Before: SCHROEDER and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and CURIEL, District
Judge.**
Petitioner Herman Sanchez appeals from the district court’s denial of his 28
U.S.C. § 2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Petitioner challenges the
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The Honorable Gonzalo P. Curiel, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of California, sitting by designation.
California Superior Court’s denial of his motion for discovery of a correctional
officer’s personnel file for evidence of untruthfulness (“Pitchess motion”) without
first conducting an in camera review. This court does not directly review
questions of state evidence law, Jammal v. Van de Kamp, 926 F.2d 918, 919 (9th
Cir. 1991), and Petitioner has failed to demonstrate that the state court’s
adjudication of his claim was “contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application
of, clearly established Federal law.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d).
AFFIRMED.