Bruce Armstrong v. Debbie Asuncion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 26 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BRUCE ARMSTRONG, No. 20-17192

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:15-cv-01109-DAD-JDP v.

DEBBIE ASUNCION, Warden, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Dale A. Drozd, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 16, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: PAEZ, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

Bruce Armstrong appeals from the district court’s order denying his petition

for a writ of habeas corpus, in which he challenges the state court’s failure to hold

an evidentiary hearing to explore potential juror bias arising from the Facebook

“friendship” between one of Armstrong’s jurors and a retired deputy district

attorney. We affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Page 2 of

1. The state court’s decision was neither contrary to, nor…