Roberta Bell v. Warden, Fci Dublin
Opinion
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 4 2022
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ROBERTA RONIQUE BELL, No. 21-15383
Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 5:17-cv-07346-LHK
v.
MEMORANDUM*
WARDEN, FCI DUBLIN,
Respondent-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Lucy H. Koh, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted March 18, 2022 San Francisco, California
Before: W. FLETCHER, GOULD, and COLLINS, Circuit Judges.
In 1996, a federal jury found Roberta Ronique Bell (“Bell”) guilty of two
charges related to witness tampering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(1), (b) in
connection with the torture and murder of Doreen Proctor (“Proctor”). She was
sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder charge. See id. § 1512(a). In 2017,
Bell sought to vacate her § 1512 convictions and requested a new trial because she
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. claimed that intervening Supreme Court precedent…