Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 27, 2004, 01-17072 (Reginald Chavis v. Anthony Lemarque, Warden)

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

In 1991, Reginald Chavis was convicted of attempted first degree murder with the use of a weapon in Sacramento County-Superior Court. He unsuccessfully challenged his conviction on direct appeal in California state courts and then filed two rounds of state habeas petitions.