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Adonay MELENDEZ, Petitioner—Appellant, v. James WALKER, Warden; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents—Appellees.
    No. 07-55986.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted April 14, 2009.
    Filed May 4, 2009.
    David H. Goodwin, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    Douglas L. Wilson, Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondents-Appellees.
    
      Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, PREGERSON, Circuit Judge, and MILLS, District Judge.
    
      
       The Honorable Richard Mills, United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

The California state court decision was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1). The admission of Rodriguez’s redacted statement did not violate Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968), because the statement only incriminated Melendez when “linked with other evidence introduced at trial.” United States v. Hoac, 990 F.2d 1099, 1105 (9th Cir.1993).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.