Tommy Crow, Jr. v. Ron Haynes

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 4 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TOMMY LEE CROW, Jr., No. 20-35911

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:16-cv-05277-RJB

v.

MEMORANDUM*

RON HAYNES, Superintendent,

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Robert J. Bryan, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 8, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Before: PAEZ, M. SMITH, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner Tommy Crow appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253.

Reviewing de novo, Kipp v. Davis, 971 F.3d 939, 948 (9th Cir. 2020), we affirm.

Certified Issues

Crow challenges his conviction on several grounds. We first address the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. issues for which the district court issued a certificate of appealability, all of which

relate to the trial court’s admission of…