Nava v. Knowles

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Nava v. Knowles, 455 F. App'x 756 (9th Cir. 2011)

Nava v. Knowles

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California prisoner Jose Andrew Nava appeals from the district court’s judgment *757 denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2258, and we affirm.

Nava contends that the evidence introduced at his trial was insufficient to support the jury’s true finding on a criminal street gang enhancement. The record reflects that the California appellate court’s rejection of this claim was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, federal law; nor was it based on an unreasonable determination of the facts. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d); Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); People v. Gardeley, 14 Cal.4th 605, 624 n. 10, 59 Cal.Rptr.2d 356, 927 P.2d 713 (1996).

We construe Nava’s additional arguments as a motion to expand the certificate of appealability. So construed, the motion is denied. See 9th Cir. R. 22-1(e); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir. 1999) (per curiam).

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid *757 ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Jose Andrew NAVA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael KNOWLES, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Status
Unpublished