Travis Amaral v. Charles Ryan

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 16 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TRAVIS WADE AMARAL, No. 19-15003

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:16-cv-00594-JAT

v.

MEMORANDUM*

CHARLES L. RYAN; ATTORNEY

GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF

ARIZONA,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James A. Teilborg, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: WARDLAW, BRESS, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges.

Travis Amaral appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas

corpus, arguing that his combined sentence of life with eligibility for parole after

57.5 years for crimes he committed as a juvenile constitutes cruel and unusual

punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. U.S. Const. amend. VIII. We

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253(c)(1)(A), and we affirm.

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