Marcus Grant v. Ken Clark

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 13 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARCUS DELL GRANT, No. 22-55177

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-05175-JFW-KES v.

KEN CLARK, Warden, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 7, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: CLIFTON, COLLINS, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

Marcus Dell Grant appeals the district court’s denial of his § 2254 habeas

petition challenging his state conviction and sentence for first degree murder and

attempted murder. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Grant argues that the state prosecutor

committed misconduct by mischaracterizing the terms of co-defendant and state

witness Laurence Hunter’s plea agreement in a manner that concealed the substantial

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. benefit Hunter was offered for…