Jones

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 5 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARTIN JONES, No. 23-1655 D.C. No. Petitioner - Appellant, 3:22-cv-05371-BJR v.

MEMORANDUM*

JEFFEREY PERKINS,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 3, 2024** Seattle, Washington

Before: BOGGS***, McKEOWN, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Martin Jones appeals the denial of his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254(d). The petition challenges Jones’s first-degree murder conviction for the

* 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. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Circuit Judge for the Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, sitting by designation. shooting of Washington State Patrol Trooper Scott Johnson.…