¶1Steven Martell Collins, Blythe, CA, pro se.
¶2Karyn 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.
¶3Before CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
¶4ORDER
¶5Pursuant 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.