Mary Ellen Samuels v. Janel Espinoza

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 6 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARY ELLEN SAMUELS, No. 20-99005

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:10-cv-03225-SJO

v.

MEMORANDUM*

JANEL ESPINOZA, Warden,

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California S. James Otero, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 18, 2021 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and BOUGH,** District Judge.

Mary Ellen Samuels, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court’s

judgment denying guilt-phase relief on her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Stephen R. Bough, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, sitting by designation. petition.1 We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. Reviewing de

novo under the standard set forth in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death…