Tracy Hampton v. David Shinn

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TRACY ALLEN HAMPTON, AKA No. 19-99005 Tracy A. Hampton, D.C. No. 2:14-cv- Petitioner-Appellant, 02504-ROS

v.

OPINION

DAVID SHINN, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections; RON CREDIO, Warden, Arizona State Prison - Eyman Complex,

Respondents-Appellees.

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

Argued and Submitted December 12, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed July 8, 2025

Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr., Michelle T. Friedland, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge R. Nelson; Dissent by Judge Friedland SUMMARY *

Habeas Corpus / Death Penalty

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Tracy Allen Hampton’s federal habeas petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his Arizona murder convictions and death sentence for the killing of Charles Findley, Tanya Ramsdell, and Ramsdell’s unborn child. Hampton raised four certified claims on appeal. The panel held that each lacked merit. The State did not violate Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), or Napue…