Case Name: Manuel RUIZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sylvia GARCIA, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-08-22
Citations: 73 F. App'x 964
Docket Number: No. 01-56936; D.C. No. CV-00-00597-DOC
Parties: Manuel RUIZ, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Sylvia GARCIA, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 73
Pages: 964–964

Head Matter:
Manuel RUIZ, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Sylvia GARCIA, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 01-56936. D.C. No. CV-00-00597-DOC.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted July 7, 2003.
Decided Aug. 22, 2003.
Stephen Gilbert, Law Offices of Stephen Gilbert, Santa Monica, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Quisteen S. Shum, AGCA — Office of the California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
There is no clearly established Supreme Court law holding that a defendant has a constitutional right to an instruction on a lesser included offense. Cf. Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S.Ct. 2382, 65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980) (holding that a lesser included offense instruction might be constitutionally required in capital cases because of their unique nature). Ruiz's state court conviction thus has not "resulted in a decision that was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States." 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1); see also Lockyer v. Andrade, 538 U.S. 63, 123 S.Ct. 1166, 1172, 155 L.Ed.2d 144 (2003).
AFFIRMED.
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