Gregory v. Ratelle
Gregory v. Ratelle
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
William D. Gregory, a California prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s deni
Gregory contends that his sentence of 25 years to life under California’s Three Strikes Law, CaLPenal Code Ann. § 667 (West 1999), constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. This claim is foreclosed by the Supreme Court’s decisions in Lockyer v. Andrade, — U.S.-, 123 S.Ct. 1166, 1174, 155 L.Ed.2d 144 (2003) (holding that a state court’s decision to affirm petitioner’s two consecutive 25-years-to-life terms under the Three Strikes Law was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law), and Ewing v. California, — U.S.-, 123 S.Ct. 1179, 1190, 155 L.Ed.2d 108 (2003) (holding that petitioner’s 25-years-to-life sentence under the Three Strikes Law did not violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment).
AFFIRMED.
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