Arturo Verdin v. Bryan Phillips

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 16 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ARTURO ROSALES VERDIN, No. 22-55335

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-06821-JLS-SP v.

BRYAN D. PHILLIPS, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court For the Central District of California Josephine L. Staton, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted September 11, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: IKUTA, FRIEDLAND, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

Arturo Rosales Verdin appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 habeas petition challenging his state first-degree and attempted murder

convictions. Verdin argues that the California state court erred in admitting

statements he made during an August 2007 interrogation because he had invoked his

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P.…