Bustamante v. Lamarque

63 F. App'x 981

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: May 20, 2003
• Docket: No. 02-56149
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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California state prisoner David Luis Bustamante appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habe-as petition, which challenges his robbery conviction. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(a). Reviewing de novo, Alvarado v. Hickman, 316 F.3d 841, 845 (2002), amended, (9th Cir.2003), we affirm.

Bustamante contends that the trial court erred when it admitted evidence of a statement he made to an officer because he had not received warnings pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). The California Court of Appeal rejected this claim, reasoning that the circumstances of the detention indicated that Bustamante was not in custody for purposes of Miranda. The California court’s conclusion is neither contrary to nor an unreasonable application of federal law as clearly established by the Supreme Court. See Berkemer v. McCarty, 468 U.S. 420, 439-40, 104 S.Ct. 3138, 82 L.Ed.2d 317 (1984) (stating that Miranda does not apply to stops made pursuant to Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968)); see also Alvarado, 316 F.3d at 846 (stating that factors relevant to whether a person is in custody for purposes of Miranda include the duration of the stop, what force is used to accomplish the stop, and whether the stop occurs in a public or private place).

Thus, the district court properly denied Bustamante’s petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d); Early v. Packer, 537 U.S. 3, 123 S.Ct. 362, 365-66, 154 L.Ed.2d 263 (2002) (per curiam) (explaining § 2254(d)’s “contrary to” and “unreasonable application” requirements).

AFFIRMED.

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