ODILON ALBARRAN V. L. MCEWEN, No. 13-56403 (9th Cir. 2014)

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FILED AUG 15 2014 NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ODILON ALBARRAN, No. 13-56403 Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 3:11-cv-00019-BTM v. MEMORANDUM** MICHAEL F. MARTEL,* Warden, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Barry T. Moskowitz, Chief Judge, Presiding Submitted August 13, 2014*** Before: SCHROEDER, THOMAS, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges. California state prisoner Odilon Albarran appeals pro se from the district court s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have * Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Michael F. Martel is substituted for his predecessor, L.S. McEwen, as Warden. ** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. *** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review de novo the district court s decision to deny a habeas petition, see Rhoades v. Henry, 598 F.3d 495, 500 (9th Cir. 2010), and we affirm. Albarran contends that a prosecution witness s improper reference to Albarran s status as a convicted felon constituted prosecutorial misconduct that denied him a fair trial. The trial court admonished the jury to disregard the statement. The California Court of Appeal s conclusion that Albarran was not prejudiced by the statement was neither contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established law as determined by the United States Supreme Court, nor based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the state court record. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d); Wood v. Ryan, 693 F.3d 1104, 1113 (9th Cir. 2012) (habeas relief will only be granted if a petitioner can establish that the prosecutorial misconduct had a substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury s verdict (quoting Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 637 (1993))). Albarran s request to expand the certificate of appealability is denied. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir. 1999) (per curiam). AFFIRMED. 2 13-56403

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