Opinion

Brown v. Mayle

  • 66 F. App'x 136
Court
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Filed
Jun 6, 2003
Status
Published
On the bench
Berzon, Reinhardt, Tashima
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 51.0%

The opinion

MEMORANDUM *

The United States Supreme Court vacated our opinion in 283 F.3d 1019 (9th *137 Cir.2002), and remanded to this court for further proceedings. Mayle v. Brown, — U.S.-, 123 S.Ct. 1509 , 155 L.Ed.2d 220 (2003).

1. In light of Lockyer v. Andrade, — U.S.-, 123 S.Ct. 1166 , 155 L.Ed.2d 144 (2003), and Ewing v. California, — U.S. -, 123 S.Ct. 1179 , 155 L.Ed.2d 108 (2003), we reject the petitioners’ challenges to California’s Three Strikes Law.

2. Bray raised only the Three Strikes issue. Brown raised three other issues. We address them in turn:

(i) We affirm the district court’s holding that Brown did not make out a prima facie case that the Three Strikes law is unevenly applied in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. See McQuery v. Blodgett, 924 F.2d 824, 824-25 (9th Cir.1991).-

(ii) The district court properly concluded that Brown’s request for resentencing pursuant to People v. Superior Court (Romero), 13 Cal.4th 497 , 53 Cal.Rptr.2d 789 , 917 P.2d 628 (Cal.1996), was not cognizable on federal habeas review. See Williams v. Borg, 139 F.3d 737, 740 (9th Cir.1998).

(iii) Because the Three Strikes law took effect in March of 1998, before Brown committed the principal offense, there is no Ex Post Facto Clause problem. See United States v. Sorenson, 914 F.2d 173, 174 (9th Cir.1990); United States v. Ahumada-Avalos, 875 F.2d 681, 683-84 (9th Cir.1989). The decisions of the district court are AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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