Case Name: Arnold James COLLINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Cal A. TERHUNE, Director of CDC, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-06-15
Citations: 134 F. App'x 191
Docket Number: No. 04-55742
Parties: Arnold James COLLINS, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Cal A. TERHUNE, Director of CDC, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before LAY, KOZINSKI, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 134
Pages: 191–192

Head Matter:
Arnold James COLLINS, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Cal A. TERHUNE, Director of CDC, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 04-55742.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 8, 2005.
Decided June 15, 2005.
Kenneth M. Stern, Esq., Law Offices of Kenneth M. Stern, Woodland Hills, CA, for Petitioner—Appellant.
Lise S. Jacobson, DAG, AGCA—Office of the California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Respondent—Appellee.
Before LAY, KOZINSKI, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
The panel finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Donald P. Lay, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
"[H]abeas petitioners may obtain plenary review of their constitutional claims, but they are not entitled to habeas relief based on trial error unless they can establish that it resulted in 'actual prejudice.' " Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 637, 113 S.Ct. 1710, 123 L.Ed.2d 353 (1993). A careful review of the record indicates that Collins was not prejudiced by the alleged constitutional error. As the magistrate judge noted, the jury resolved any confusion it may have had arising from the alleged error in favor of the defendant. Therefore, the district court properly denied the habeas petition.
AFFIRMED.
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