United States v. David Conerly

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 9 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 22-16998 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:17-cr-00578-JSW-1 v.

MEMORANDUM*

DAVID CONERLY, AKA David Clayton Conerly, Defendant-Appellant,

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Jeffrey S. White, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 4, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: COLLINS, VANDYKE, and MENDOZA, Circuit Judges.

Defendant-Appellant David Conerly appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C.

§ 2255 motion, which sought to vacate his conviction and sentence on the grounds

that, inter alia, his attorney had rendered ineffective assistance with respect to

pleading guilty. This court issued a certificate of appealability limited to that issue,

and we therefore have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253(a) over

Conerly’s appeal of that ruling. We review de novo whether a district court

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication…