Jeffery Kinzle v. Eric Jackson

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FEB 25 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

JEFFERY KINZLE, No. 20-35747

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:14-cv-00703-JCC

v.

MEMORANDUM*

ERIC JACKSON,

Respondent-Appellee,

and

STATE OF WASHINGTON; PATRICK

R. GLEBE,

Respondents.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington John C. Coughenour, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 7, 2022 Seattle, Washington

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Before: BYBEE and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges, and SELNA,** District Judge.

Petitioner Jeffrey Kinzle seeks relief from the district court’s denial of his

federal habeas petition. Although Kinzle concedes that he was mentally competent

to stand trial and engage in plea negotiations through the duration of proceedings,

he alleges that his trial counsel was deficient for failing to investigate, discover,

and address his mental condition, thereby depriving him of the ability to

intelligently…