Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit July 16, 2009, No. 08-15718 (Harris v. Brown)

MEMORANDUM *

Earnest S. Harris appeals from the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction and sentence for rape, assault likely to produce great bodily injury upon a police officer, and battery on a peace officer. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 and review the district court’s denial of the petition de novo. See DeWeaver v.