Mauricio Melendez v. Dwight Neven

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 24 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MAURICIO L. MELENDEZ, No. 19-17122

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:16-cv-01003-JAD-DJA v.

DWIGHT NEVEN, Warden; ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM*

GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF

NEVADA,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Jennifer A. Dorsey, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 15, 2021 San Francisco, California

Before: PAEZ and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN,** District Judge.

Mauricio Melendez, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals the district court’s

denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. 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 Edward R. Korman, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. Our review of Melendez’s petition is governed by

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