Shawndra Boode v. D. Johnson

MEMORANDUM

Petitioner-Appellant Shawndra Star Boode brings a federal habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging her jury conviction of two counts of first-degree murder. The district court denied the petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253 and review de novo the district court’s decision to deny Boode’s habeas petition. See Yee v. Duncan, 463 F.3d 893, 897 (9th Cir. 2006). The Antiter-rorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996' (AEDPA) governs our review. To warrant habeas - relief under AEDPA, a petitioner must show “that the earlier state court’s decision was contrary to federal law then clearly established in the holdings of [the Supreme] Court, § 2254(d)(1); or that it involved an unreasonable application of such law, § 2254(d)(1); or that it was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the record before the state court, § 2254(d)(2).” Hedlund v. Ryan, 815 F.3d 1233, 1239 (9th Cir. 2016) (quoting Harrington v. Richter, 562 U.S. 86, 100 , 131 S.Ct. 770 , 178 L.Ed.2d 624 (2011)). We affirm the district court’s denial of Boode’s habeas petition for the following reasons.

1.The state trial court’s refusal to discharge a…