Case Name: Jose Piedad SOLORIO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mike EVANS, Warden; J. Dovey, Director, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-09-01
Citations: 449 F. App'x 574
Docket Number: No. 10-15702
Parties: Jose Piedad SOLORIO, Petitioner— Appellant, v. Mike EVANS, Warden; J. Dovey, Director, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Respondents—Appellees.
Judges: Before: FISHER and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 449
Pages: 574–575

Head Matter:
Jose Piedad SOLORIO, Petitioner— Appellant, v. Mike EVANS, Warden; J. Dovey, Director, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Respondents—Appellees.
No. 10-15702.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 29, 2011.
Filed Sept. 1, 2011.
Jerome Pierce Mullins, Esquire, Law Office of Jerome P. Mullins, San Jose, CA, William Richard Such, Palo Alto, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Pamela Kay Critchfield, Deputy Attorney General, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Respondents-Appellees.
Before: FISHER and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Otis D. Wright, II, District Judge for the U.S. District Court Central District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Petitioner Jose Solorio challenges the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Solorio contends that he was denied due process because the trial court declined to instruct the jury that the prosecution had the burden of disproving Solorio acted in self-defense.
Viewing the instructions as a whole, we hold that no "substantial and injurious effect or influence on the verdict" occurred. Pulido v. Chrones, 629 F.3d 1007, 1012 (9th Cir.2010) (citation omitted). Indeed, the trial court repeatedly reiterated the prosecution's burden to prove Solorio's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Thus, the California Court of Appeal's rejection of Solorio's due process claim was not "contrary to," nor did it "involve[ ] an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law...." 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1), see also Pulido, 629 F.3d at 1012 (explaining that habeas relief is not appropriate unless the asserted instructional error has "a substantial and injurious effect or influence on the verdict .").
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.