Campbell

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 25 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DESHAWN LEE CAMPBELL, No. 23-1917 D.C. No. Petitioner - Appellant, 5:12-cv-06089-BLF v.

MEMORANDUM*

GENA JONES,

Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Beth Labson Freeman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 9, 2026 San Francisco, California

Before: NGUYEN and BENNETT, Circuit Judges, and MATSUMOTO, District Judge.** A California jury convicted Deshawn Campbell of the second-degree murder

of Jeffrey Fontana, a San Jose police officer. Campbell unsuccessfully sought to set

aside his conviction on direct appeal and in state post-conviction proceedings. He

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Kiyo A. Matsumoto, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. also sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, which the district…