Monica McCarrick v. Janelle Espinoza

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 14 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MONICA MCCARRICK, No. 20-17311

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:17-cv-02652-JKS

v.

MEMORANDUM*

JANELLE ESPINOZA,

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California James K. Singleton, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 11, 2022 San Francisco, California

Before: WALLACE, S.R. THOMAS, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner-Appellant Monica McCarrick appeals from the district court’s

denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We

have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291, 2253. We review the district court’s

decision to deny a § 2254 habeas petition de novo and its findings of fact for clear

error, see McClure v. Thompson, 323 F.3d 1233, 1240 (9th Cir. 2003), and we affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death…