Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit December 9, 2002, No. 01-17533; D.C. No. CV-00-01270-SMM (Flores v. Stewart)

MEMORANDUM **

Lino Flores appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus following his guilty-plea conviction for first degree murder. We have jurisdiction pursuant to *92528 U.S.C. § 2253. We review de novo, see Miles v. Prunty, 187 F.3d 1104, 1105 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.