Ayala

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 26 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSE LUIS AYALA, No. 24-854 D.C. No. Petitioner - Appellant, 2:22-cv-06206-ODW-ADS v.

MEMORANDUM*

ROBERTO A. ARIAS, Warden,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Otis D. Wright, II, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 6, 2026 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW, DESAI, and DE ALBA, Circuit Judges.

Jose Luis Ayala, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court’s

denial of his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We review a district court’s

denial of a § 2254 petition de novo. Carter v. Davis, 946 F.3d 489, 501 (9th Cir.

2019) (per curiam). Ayala’s petition is governed by the Antiterrorism and

Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), which bars relief unless the state

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. court’s decision “resulted in a decision that was…