Melvin Michael Tobin, Petitioner-appellant, v. Jerry Stainer, Warden, Respondent-appellee, 983 F.2d 1077 (9th Cir. 1992)

MEMORANDUM^** 

Melvin Michael Tobin, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition for failure to exhaust state remedies. Tobin challenged his conviction and sentence for possession of methamphetamine for sale. We review de novo, Norris v. Risley, 878 F.2d 1178, 1180 (9th Cir. 1989), and we affirm.

A state prisoner must exhaust all available state court remedies before a federal court may consider granting habeas corpus relief. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b); Duckworth v. Serrano, 454 U.S. 1, 3 (1981) (per curiam). The petitioner has the burden of alleging exhaustion. Cartwright v. Cupp, 650 F.2d 1103, 1104 (9th Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 1023 (1982).

Here, the district court found that the Tobin did not present each claim raised in his federal habeas petition to the California Supreme Court. Specifically, Tobin did not exhaust his claim that his guilty plea was involuntary, or his claim that he was denied due process by the California Court of Appeal's failure to give reasons for the denial of his habeas petition.

On appeal, Tobin does not challenge the district court's finding that he failed to exhaust state remedies. Accordingly, we affirm the district court's dismissal of Tobin's habeas petition for failure to exhaust. See id.

AFFIRMED.