James Mitchell v. Csp Corcoran

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

JAMES R. W. MITCHELL, No. 16-17057

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:15-cv-04919-VC

v.

MEMORANDUM*

CSP CORCORAN; DAVE DAVEY,

Warden,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Vince Chhabria, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2021 San Francisco, California

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

James Mitchell, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial

of his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We review a district court’s denial

of a § 2254 petition de novo. Carter v. Davis, 946 F.3d 489, 501 (9th Cir. 2019).

Mitchell’s petition is governed by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

of 1996 (AEDPA), which bars relief unless the state court’s decision “was contrary

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. to, or involved an…