Joel Sempier v. Renee Baker

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

JOEL ROSS SEMPIER, No. 20-17249

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:18-cv-00465-RCJ-WGC v.

RENEE BAKER, et. al. MEMORANDUM*

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Robert C. Jones, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 10, 2021** San Francisco, California

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, and IKUTA and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

Nevada state prisoner Joel Ross Sempier appeals the district court’s denial of

his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction for sexual

assault. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.

We review the district court’s denial of Mr. Sempier’s § 2254 petition de

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

** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P.…