Patterson

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 11 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAYSEN ALEXANDER PATTERSON, No. 23-3078 D.C. No. Petitioner - Appellant, 2:20-cv-01614-JAD-DJA v.

MEMORANDUM*

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE

OF NEVADA; BRIAN WILLIAMS,

Respondents - Appellees,

and

CALVIN JOHNSON,

Respondent.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Jennifer A. Dorsey, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2025 Las Vegas, Nevada

Before: RAWLINSON, MILLER, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Jaysen Alexander Patterson (Patterson), who pled guilty in Nevada state

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. court to one count of first degree arson and three counts of burglary, appeals the

district court’s denial of his federal habeas petition. We affirm.

1. Patterson asserts that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally deficient

performance when he failed to seek recusal of the state trial judge for bias or object

to…