Cotham

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 13 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL MARION COTHAM, No. 23-2456 D.C. No. Petitioner - Appellant, 2:21-cv-00138-ROS v.

MEMORANDUM*

DAVID SHINN, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF

THE STATE OF ARIZONA,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Roslyn O. Silver, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 24, 2025 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: BERZON and BENNETT, Circuit Judges, and TUNHEIM, District Judge.**

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable John R. Tunheim, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, sitting by designation. Petitioner-Appellant Michael Cotham was convicted in Arizona state court on

charges of child prostitution. The district court denied Cotham habeas relief. We

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