Tony Goodrum v. Cynthia Tampkins
Opinion
Opinion
FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MAY 11 2022
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TONY GOODRUM, No. 19-56239
Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:11-cv-02262-AJB-LL v.
CYNTHIA Y. TAMPKINS, Warden, MEMORANDUM*
Respondent-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Anthony J. Battaglia, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted March 9, 2022 Pasadena, California
Before: BERZON, TALLMAN, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Tony Goodrum appeals the district court’s denial of his habeas corpus
petition, in which he alleges that the State of California committed a Napue
violation by knowingly presenting false testimony from a witness during
Goodrum’s trial or, alternatively, by making false statements during a pre-trial
hearing. See Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264, 269 (1959) (“[A] conviction obtained
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. through use of false evidence, known to be such by representatives…