Casillas

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 25 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARCO ANTONIO CASILLAS, No. 23-2213 D.C. No. Petitioner - Appellant, 2:21-cv-01267-SPG-MAR v.

MEMORANDUM*

KEN CLARK, Warden,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Sherilyn Peace Garnett, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 5, 2025 Pasadena, California

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

Petitioner Marco Antonio Casillas appeals the district court’s order denying

his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction for first

degree murder committed during a burglary, for which he received a life sentence

without parole. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount

them here. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. review de novo the denial of a petition for writ of…