Lankford

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

DEC 16 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSEPH MILLER LANKFORD, No. 24-6116

Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 2:15-cv-01118-JE v.

JAMIE MILLER, Superintendent,

MEMORANDUM*

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Amy M. Baggio, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 2, 2025 Portland, Oregon

Before: McKEOWN and SUNG, Circuit Judges and FITZWATER, District Judge.**

Petitioner-Appellant Joseph Lankford (“Lankford”), convicted in Oregon circuit

court of murder with a firearm, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a

writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that his trial counsel’s

ineffective assistance deprived him of his right to counsel under the Sixth

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. Amendment, as…