Cornell

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 10 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

QUIAD AKEEM CORNELL, No. 24-1304 D.C. No. Petitioner - Appellant, 5:22-cv-02261-CAS-KS v.

MEMORANDUM*

WARREN L. MONTGOMERY,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 5, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: TALLMAN, CLIFTON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Quaid Akeem Cornell appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§§ 1291 and 2253. We affirm.

We review de novo the district court’s denial of a petition for habeas corpus.

Lambert v. Blodgett, 393 F.3d 943, 964 (9th Cir. 2004). The Antiterrorism and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) applies to this petition. Because Cornell

seeks relief based on claims…