Anastacio Ramirez v. Martin Gamboa

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 31 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANASTACIO G. RAMIREZ, No. 21-55770

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-03628-PSG-ADS v.

MARTIN GAMBOA, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Philip S. Gutierrez, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 15, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: PAEZ and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges, and LYNN,** Senior District Judge.

Anastacio Ramirez appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a

writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The certified issue on appeal is

whether the magistrate judge exceeded her authority in determining that Ramirez’s

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Barbara M. G. Lynn, United States Senior District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. April 30, 2018, petition was a…