N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
M IC HAEL T. WHITE, Pe titione r - Appe lla nt, v. M . E. SPEAR

M AN, R

e sponde n t - Appe lle e . No. 15-15327

D.C . No. 3:13-c v-03917-R S M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Northe rn Distric t of C a lifornia R ic ha rd Se e borg, Distric t Judge , Pre s iding Subm itte d

M ay 13, 2016 ** San Fran c isc o , C a lifornia B e fore : M c KEOW

N, SAC K *** , a

nd FRIEDLAND, C i rc uit Judge s. 

# FIL ED M AY17 2016 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U
. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3. ** The pa

ne l una nim ously c onc lude s this c a se is suita ble for de c ision without oral a

rgum e nt. Se e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honora

ble R obe rt D. Sa c k , Se nior C i rc u it Judgefor the U.S. C ourt of Appe a ls for the Se c ond C irc uit, sitting by de signa tion.M ic ha e l White a ppe a ls the distric t c ourt’ s de nia l of his fe d e ra l ha be a s pe tition. W e have jurisdic tion pursua nt to 28 U.S.C . §§ 1291 a nd 2253, a

nd we a ffirm
. White c onte nds tha

t the C a lifornia

tria l c ourt viola

te d his dueproc e ss rights by e nha nc ing his se n te nc e in c ontra ve ntion of a

sta te wa s hout rule
. White pre s e nte d this c la i m

in ha be a s proc e e dings be fore the sta te supe rior, inte rm e diate a ppe lla te , a nd supre m e c ourts, a

nd the s e c ourts de nie d his pe tition. Although the sta te c o urts did not e xp re ssly a ddre ss W

hite ’ s wa shout c la im , we a ssum e the y a djudic ate d it on the m e rits. H a rrington v
. Ric hte r , 562 U.S. 86, 99 (2011). Ac c ordingly , the Antite rrorism and Effe c tive De ath Pe na lty Ac t (“ AEDPA” ), 28 U.S.C . § 2254(d), a

pplie s. B e fore the se nte n c ing c ourt, W h ite a dm itte d

to the se nte nc e e nha

nc e m e nt a lle gation unde r C a lifornia Pe na l C ode § 667.5(b). U nde r C a l ifornia la w , White the re by a dm itte d to e ve ry e le m e nt of the se nte nc e e nha nc e m e nt, P e o

plev . Thomas , 41 C a l. 3d 837, 844 (1986), inc luding the ina p plic a bility of the se c tion 667.5(b) wa shout rule , se e Pe oplev . Te nne r , 6 C a l. 4th 559, 563 (1993) (listing e le m e nts of se c t ion 667.5(b), inc l uding fa ilure to m e e t re quire m e nts of wa shout rule ). B e c a use the t ria l c ourt de te rm ine d White ’ s se nte nc e ba s e d on W h ite ’ s own a dm i ssion, a

nd not on “ m ate ria lly

fa l se or unre lia

ble inform ation” or a

“ c o nvic tion infe c te d by 2c onstitutiona l e rror,” due proc e ss wa s not offe nde d. Se e W alk e r v . Ende ll , 850 F.2d 470, 477 (9th C ir. 1988) (disc ussing dueproc e ss re quire m e nts in se nte nc ing c onte xt). The sta

te c ourts’ de nia l of W

hite ’ s due proc e ss c la im s wa s thus ne ithe r c ontra ry to nor a n unre a sona

ble a pplic ation of c le arly

e s ta blishe d fe de ra l la

w . 28 U.S.C . § 2254(d). 1 White a lso a

rgue s tha t, in viola tion of his Sixth Am

e ndm e nt rights, he re c e ive d ine ffe c tive a ssista nc e of c ounse l at his se n te nc ing. W hite first ra ise d this issue be fore the distric t

c ourt in his Tra

v e rse . Sinc e Wh ite “ did not properly ra ise this c la im in the distric t c ourt [it is] not c ogniz a ble on a ppe a l.” C

a c o pe r do v
. De mosthe ne

s , 37 F.3d 504, 507 (9th C ir. 1994). AFFIRM ED.

1 W e do not a ddre ss whe the r the se nte nc ing c ourt c o rre c tly a pplie d the C a lifornia wa shout rulein de te rm ining W hite ’ s se nte nc e . S

e e Este llev . Mc Guire , 502 U.S. 62, 67 (1991) (“ [I] t is not the provinc e of a

fe de ra l ha

be a s c ourt to re e x am i ne sta

te -c ourt de te rm i nations on sta te -law que stions. In c onduc t ing ha be a s re vie w, a fe de ra l c ourt is lim

ite d to de c iding whe the r a c onvic tion viola

te d the C onstitution, la

ws, or tre atie s of the Unite d State s.” ). 3