Monique Bork v. Jerry Howell

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

SEP 7 2021

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MONIQUE BORK, No. 20-15461

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:16-cv-01235-APG-VCF v.

JERRY HOWELL, Warden; ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM*

GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF

NEVADA; DWIGHT NEVEN, Warden,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Andrew P. Gordon, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 30, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: SCHROEDER, RAWLINSON, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Nevada state prisoner Monique Bork appeals the district court’s denial of her

28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging her conviction by guilty plea

and her sentence of 96–240 months. Bork pleaded guilty to abuse and child

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. neglect after her child died from incapacitating injuries suffered at the hands of her

then boyfriend, Edward Thompson, and which she did not report. Bork…