Dena Linton-Helms v. Paula Meyers

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 21 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DENA R. LINTON-HELMS, No. 21-35172

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:19-cv-00877-SI

v.

MEMORANDUM*

PAULA J. MEYERS, Superintendent, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility,

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael H. Simon, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 7, 2022 Portland, Oregon

Before: GRABER and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges, and REISS,** District Judge.

Petitioner Dena Linton-Helms appeals the district court’s dismissal of her

ineffective assistance of counsel claim as procedurally defaulted in its denial of her

habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We have jurisdiction under

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Christina Reiss, United States District Judge for the District of Vermont, sitting by designation. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We review the district…