Mathews v. Spalding
Mathews v. Spalding
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
Marcus W. Mathews appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
The district court correctly held that the Idaho Supreme Court’s disposition of Mathews’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim was neither contrary to nor an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law as determined by the
Nor did the district court err in concluding that as of the date Mathews’s conviction became final, application of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), or Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 79 S.Ct. 1173, 3 L.Ed.2d 1217 (1959), to the guilty plea context was not dictated by precedent. We therefore are precluded by Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288, 109 S.Ct. 1060, 103 L.Ed.2d 334 (1989), from granting Mathews relief based upon these due process challenges to his guilty plea. Neither Teague exception applies because neither the Brady nor Napue claim would decriminalize certain conduct or prohibit punishment of certain persons, and they are not watershed rules of criminal procedure. See Lambrix v. Singletary, 520 U.S. 518, 539-40, 117 S.Ct. 1517, 137 L.Ed.2d 771 (1997) (explaining Teague exceptions); Teague, 489 U.S. at 311-12.
The district court correctly ruled that the Idaho Supreme Court’s denial of Mathews’s Brady and Napue claims on the merits was neither contrary to nor an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law as it then or now exists.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Reference
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- Marcus W. MATHEWS, Petitioner—Appellant v. James SPALDING Alan G. Lance, Respondents—Appellees
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