Case Name: Joaquin FERNANDEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tom L. CAREY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-01-16
Citations: 217 F. App'x 724
Docket Number: No. 04-55889
Parties: Joaquin FERNANDEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tom L. CAREY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: ALARCÓN, HALL, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 217
Pages: 724–724

Head Matter:
Joaquin FERNANDEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tom L. CAREY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 04-55889.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Jan. 8, 2007 .
Filed Jan. 16, 2007.
Joaquin Fernandez, Vacaville, CA, pro se.
Erika Denice Jackson, Esq., Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: ALARCÓN, HALL, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Joaquin Fernandez appeals from the district court's judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.
Fernandez contends that the California trial court erroneously admitted into evidence a statement by him that was obtained in violation of his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself and that this error was not harmless. After reviewing the record, we conclude that Fernandez is not entitled to federal habeas relief because the California Court of Appeal did not unreasonably apply federal law as established by the United States Supreme Court when it held that the admission of the statement was harmless. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1); Mitchell v. Esparza, 540 U.S. 12, 18, 124 S.Ct. 7, 157 L.Ed.2d 263 (2003) (per curiam).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.