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Essex PORTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Cal TERHUNE, Director of California Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 06-55693.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Aug. 8, 2007 .
    Filed Aug. 15, 2007.
    Linda L. Griffis, Esq., Federal Public Defender’s Office, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    
      Alana Cohen Butler, Esq., Office of the California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
    Before: KOZINSKI and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and BAER, Senior Judge.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
    
      
       The Honorable Harold Baer, Jr., Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

The state court wasn’t unreasonable in holding that Porter could be forced to wear a stun belt during his trial. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2). “[Compelling circumstances” justified the use of the stun belt, Duckett v. Godinez, 67 F.3d 734, 748 (9th Cir.1995), and there was evidence supporting a finding that the stun belt didn’t impair Porter’s ability to effectively communicate with his lawyers.

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