FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT STEVEN MARTELL COLLINS, No. 01-56958 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CV-98-09329-TJH BERTRAM RICE; ATTORNEY Central District GENERAL OF THE STATE OF of California, CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles Respondents-Appellees. ORDER On Remand from the United States Supreme Court Filed July 7, 2006 Before: Cynthia Holcomb Hall, Sidney R. Thomas, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges. ORDER Pursuant to the opinion of the Supreme Court in Rice v. Collins, ___ U.S. ___, 126 S.Ct. 969 (2006), the judgment of the district court is affirmed. The mandate shall issue forth- with. 7549 PRINTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE—U.S. COURTS BY THOMSON/WEST—SAN FRANCISCO The summary, which does not constitute a part of the opinion of the court, is copyrighted © 2006 Thomson/West.