Jeffrey Weller v. Ronald Haynes

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 9 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JEFFREY WELLER, No. 23-35459

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:20-cv-05861-RAJ

v.

MEMORANDUM*

RONALD HAYNES,

Respondent-Appellee.

SANDRA WELLER, No. 23-35460

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:20-cv-05862-RAJ-TLF v.

DEBORAH JO WOFFORD,

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Richard A. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 21, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Before: HAWKINS, McKEOWN, and DE ALBA, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Petitioners Jeffrey and Sandra Weller (“the Wellers”) appeal the district

court’s denial of their consolidated petition for habeas corpus alleging ineffective

assistance of trial counsel (“IAC”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§

1291 and 2253, reverse the district court’s…