
    Steven Martell COLLINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bertram RICE; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees.
    No. 01-56958.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Filed July 7, 2006.
    Steven Martell Collins, Blythe, CA, pro se.
    Karyn H. Bucur, Attorney at Law, La-guna Hills, CA, Erika Denice Jackson, Esq., AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondents-Appellees.
    Before CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
   ORDER

Pursuant to the opinion of the Supreme Court in Rice v. Collins, — U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 969, 163 L.Ed.2d 824 (2006), the judgment of the district court is affirmed. The mandate shall issue forthwith.  