Dario Cannon v. Gerald Janda

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

SEP 09 2016

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DARIO L. CANNON, No. 15-15374

Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 3:13-cv-02419-TEH

v. AMENDED

MEMORANDUM*

GERALD JANDA,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Thelton E. Henderson, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 19, 2016 San Francisco, California

Before: GRABER and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and EDMUNDS**, Senior District Judge.

Petitioner Dario L. Cannon appeals the denial of his habeas petition, alleging

that the Alameda County Superior Court failed to properly conduct the inquiry

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

** The Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, sitting by designation. required by Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), after the prosecution

exercised peremptory strikes…