Pablo Salas v. M. Biter

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 16 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PABLO SALAS, No. 22-16767

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:15-cv-00831-JLT-EPG v.

M. D. BITER, Warden, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Jennifer L. Thurston, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 25, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS, PAEZ, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner-Appellant Pablo Salas appeals the district court’s denial of his

motion to amend his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. Because the

parties are familiar with the history of this case, we need not recount it in detail

here.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. I

This case returns to us after remand to the district court. Salas was

convicted of, among other things, murder with two special circumstances:…