McDowell

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAY 2 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOHN JAMES VAN DRUTEN, No. 24-1800

Petitioner-Appellant, DC No. 3:21-cv-00555-BEN-LR v.

NEIL McDOWELL, Warden, Ironwood MEMORANDUM* State Prison,

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Roger T. Benitez, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 28, 2025** Pasadena, California

Before: TASHIMA, NGUYEN, and MENDOZA, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner-Appellant John James Van Druten appeals from an order of the

district court denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253, and we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2)(C). The state court did not unreasonably reject Petitioner’s claim that his due

process rights were…