Case Name: Jerry Ray PARRISH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. YATES, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-08-01
Citations: 481 F. App'x 314
Docket Number: No. 09-55893
Parties: Jerry Ray PARRISH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. YATES, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: PREGERSON, HAWKINS, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 481
Pages: 314–315

Head Matter:
Jerry Ray PARRISH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. YATES, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 09-55893.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Feb. 15, 2012.
Filed Aug. 1, 2012.
Jerry Ray Parrish, Coalinga, CA, pro se.
Ivy B. Fitzpatrick, Deputy Attorney General, Riverside District Attorney, Riverside, CA, Kevin Vienna, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Office of the California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: PREGERSON, HAWKINS, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jerry Ray Parrish ("Parrish") appeals the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Parrish argues on appeal that his sentence, stemming from four felony convictions under California's three strikes law, is grossly disproportionate to his crimes and therefore constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.
Parrish's three strikes sentence does not fail the gross disproportionality test. See Lockyer v. Andrade, 538 U.S. 63, 73-76, 123 S.Ct. 1166, 155 L.Ed.2d 144 (2003) (affirming a sentence of two consecutive terms of twenty-five years to life for stealing $150 worth of video tapes under California's three strikes law); Ewing v. California, 538 U.S. 11, 21-22, 123 S.Ct. 1179, 155 L.Ed.2d 108 (2003) (affirming a three strikes sentence of twenty-five years to life for the theft of three golf clubs). Parrish has numerous prior misdemeanor and felony convictions, including a felony conviction for robbery with the use of a firearm and a felony conviction for robbery causing great bodily harm. In addition, his current convictions are more serious than those in Lockyer and Ewing. Because the California Court of Appeal's decision affirming Parrish's sentence was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, habeas relief may not be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.