Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 5, 2007, No. 05-15596 (Randolph v. Helling)

MEMORANDUM ***

Louis Randolph appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we need not recount it here.

Federal courts will not review a state court’s decision on a prisoner’s habeas petition when the decision rests on an independent and adequate state law ground.