Bennett

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 20 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JABRIE BENNETT, No. 23-2223

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:20-cv-05675-WHO

v.

MEMORANDUM*

Warden JEFF LYNCH,

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William H. Orrick, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 12, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: VANDYKE and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.**

Petitioner Jabrie Bennett seeks review of a district court judgment denying a

writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(a), and we

affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Dana L. Christensen, United States District Judge for the District of Montana, sitting by designation. Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), we apply

a “highly deferential” standard when evaluating state court…