Case Name: Nathan Elmont ELI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louis S. NELSON, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1974-07-09
Citations: 498 F.2d 1340
Docket Number: No. 73-2346
Parties: Nathan Elmont ELI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louis S. NELSON, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before CHAMBERS and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and McGOVERN, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 498
Pages: 1340–1340

Head Matter:
Nathan Elmont ELI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louis S. NELSON, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 73-2346.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
July 9, 1974.
Paul N. Halvonik (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.
Karl S. Mayer, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent-appellee.
Before CHAMBERS and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and McGOVERN, District Judge.
The Honorable Walter T. McGovern, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
ORDER AFFIRMING
The district court order denying habeas corpus relief on a state judgment is affirmed. See Eli v. Nelson, 360 F.Supp. 225 (N.D.Cal.1973).
The district court examined the state court record and was satisfied that questions concerning Eli's confession were adequately explored by the state court.
We conclude that the federal district court ruling that no evidentiary hearing was necessary was within its discretion.
The case is pre Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), but post Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977 (1964). The district court found on the record that there was no violation of Escobedo. The finding was justified.