Case Name: Michael Robert HISCOX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike MARTEL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-07-28
Citations: 583 F. App'x 828
Docket Number: No. 13-15582
Parties: Michael Robert HISCOX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike MARTEL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 583
Pages: 828–829

Head Matter:
Michael Robert HISCOX, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike MARTEL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 13-15582.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 22, 2014.
Filed July 28, 2014.
Michael Robert Hiscox, Norco, CA, pro se.
Allan I. Yannow, Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Michael Robert Hiscox appeals pro se from the district court's judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review a district court's denial of a habeas corpus petition de novo, see Doody v. Ryan, 649 F.3d 986, 1001 (9th Cir.2011) (en banc), and we affirm.
Hiscox contends that the trial court violated his due process rights by admitting into evidence an audiotape recording of'a conversation in which he made incriminating statements that he asserts were coerced through an implied promise of leniency. The state court's conclusion that the confession was not coerced was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established law, nor was it based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in state court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d); Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218, 225-26, 93 S.Ct. 2041, 36 L.Ed.2d 854 (1973); see also Illinois v. Perkins, 496 U.S. 292, 297, 110 S.Ct. 2394, 110 L.Ed.2d 243 (1990) ('When the suspect has no reason to think that the listeners have official power over him, it should not be assumed that his words are motivated by the reaction he expects from his listeners.").
Hiscox also contends that the trial court violated his due process rights by denying him an evidentiary hearing "with testimony on the issue of whether his incriminating statements on the audiotape were coerced. The state court's conclusion that Hiscox was not entitled to a testimonial hearing was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established law, nor was it based on an unreasonable determination of facts in light of the evidence presented in state court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). The record reflects that Hiscox received the "reliable and clear-cut determination that the confession was in fact voluntarily rendered" to which he was entitled. See Lego v. Twomey, 404 U.S. 477, 489, 92 S.Ct. 619, 30 L.Ed.2d 618 (1972).
We construe Hiscox's additional arguments as a motion to expand the certifícate of appealability. So construed, the motion is denied. See 9th Cir. R. 22-1(e); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir.1999) (per curiam).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.