Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit March 21, 2002, No. 01-16115; D.C. No. CV-97-00717-LKK (Avitt v. Hubbard)

MEMORANDUM*

Charles Emmett Avitt appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas petition. He alleges that the state trial court erred when it determined that he had not made a prima facie showing that the prosecutor exercised peremptory challenges on the basis of gender in violation of J.E.B. v. Alabama, 511 U.S. 127, 114 S.Ct. 1419, 128 L.Ed.2d 89 (1994). We affirm.