Christian Diaz v. Debbie Asuncion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 6 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHRISTIAN DIAZ, No. 21-55675

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-09369-MCS-JEM v.

DEBBIE ASUNCION, Warden, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Mark C. Scarsi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 13, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: GOULD, BENNETT, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

Christian Diaz, a California prisoner, appeals from the district court’s denial

of his habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 and affirm.

We consider two claims: (1) whether the trial court violated Diaz’s rights

under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment by prohibiting cross-

examination of the arresting officers about an internal affairs investigation of their

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. use of force (“Confrontation…