Hugo Cahuec v. Gregory Smith

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

FEB 8 2022

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HUGO ISRAEL CAHUEC, No. 20-17470

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:09-cv-00113-RCJ-RAM v.

GREGORY SMITH; ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM*

GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF

NEVADA,

Respondents-Appellees.

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

Submitted January 31, 2022** San Francisco, California

Before: SCHROEDER, D.W. NELSON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Nevada State Prisoner Hugo Cahuec appeals the district court’s denial of his

28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging his 2004 conviction for sexual assault and

* 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. 34(a)(2). kidnapping, following a guilty plea. After this court’s previous remand, the district

court ruled that Cahuec had not demonstrated…