Case Name: David Lee HILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tim V. VIRGA, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-12-23
Citations: 588 F. App'x 723
Docket Number: No. 13-15799
Parties: David Lee HILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tim V. VIRGA, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: O’SCANNLAIN, FISHER, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 588
Pages: 723–724

Head Matter:
David Lee HILL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tim V. VIRGA, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 13-15799.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Dec. 9, 2014.
Filed Dec. 23, 2014.
Stephanie Marie Adraktas, Law Office of Stephanie Adraktas, Berkeley, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
David Lee Hill, pro se.
Bruce Ortega, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, FISHER, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
David Hill appeals the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He argues that his rights under the Confrontation Clause were violated by the admission of hearsay relied on by the state's expert witness. Hill also argues that his Due Process rights were violated by the admission of the expert's testimony, the testimony of non-expert police officers, and evidence of gang crimes and shootings. Under the highly deferential standard of AEDPA, we cannot conclude that the California Court of Appeal unreasonably denied Hill's claims.
The Supreme Court has not clearly established that the admission of out-of-court statements relied on by an expert violates the Confrontation Clause. See Williams v. Illinois, - U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2221, 2228, 183 L.Ed.2d 89 (2012) (plurality opinion) (concluding that the statements at issue were not offered for their truth or were not testimonial); id. at 2247-48 (Breyer, J., concurring) (describing a doctrinal division regarding whether expert basis testimony is "testimonial"); id. at 2255 (Thomas, J., concurring in judgment) (concluding the statements at issue were not testimonial).
Further, the state court was not unreasonable in concluding that Hill's Due Process rights were not violated. Under the strict standards of AEDPA, the state court's ruling was not an unreasonable application of clearly established Supreme Court precedent. See Holley v. Yarborough, 568 F.3d 1091, 1101 (9th Cir.2009) (explaining the Supreme Court "has not yet made a clear ruling that admission of irrelevant or overtly prejudicial evidence constitutes a due process violation sufficient to warrant issuance of the writ [of habeas corpus]").
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.