Case Name: Curtis Eugene AGUIRRE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Suzan HUBBARD, Warden; et al., Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-17
Citations: 167 F. App'x 668
Docket Number: No. 05-15721
Parties: Curtis Eugene AGUIRRE, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Suzan HUBBARD, Warden; et al., Respondents—Appellees.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 167
Pages: 668–669

Head Matter:
Curtis Eugene AGUIRRE, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Suzan HUBBARD, Warden; et al., Respondents—Appellees.
No. 05-15721.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 13, 2006.
Decided Feb. 17, 2006.
Brendon Ishikawa, Esq., Law Office of Brendon Ishikawa, Davis, CA, for Petitioner — Appellant.
Robert R. Anderson, Deputy Attorney General, Judy Kaida, Esq., Office of the California Attorney General, Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA, for Respondents — Appellees.
Before: FERNANDEZ, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Curtis Eugene Aguirre appeals from the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging his twenty-five years to life sentence imposed after his no contest plea for possession of 0.1 gram of a substance containing methamphetamine. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review de novo, Eslaminia v. White, 136 F.3d 1234, 1236 (9th Cir.1998), and we dismiss.
Aguirre contends that his sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. His contention is procedurally barred, see Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 729, 111 S.Ct. 2546, 115 L.Ed.2d 640 (1991), and lacks merit, see Lockyer v. Andrade, 538 U.S. 63, 123 S.Ct. 1166, 155 L.Ed.2d 144 (2003); Ewing v. California, 538 U.S. 11, 123 S.Ct. 1179, 155 L.Ed.2d 108 (2003); Rios v. Garcia, 390 F.3d 1082, 1086 (9th Cir.2004).
DISMISSED
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.