Orlando Lopez v. Trent Allen

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ORLANDO LOPEZ, No. 19-16606 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 3:17-cv-03390-

WHA

TRENT ALLEN, ∗ Acting Warden of Salinas Valley State Prison, Respondent-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William Alsup, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2021 San Francisco, California

Filed September 2, 2022

Before: Susan P. Graber and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges, and Jennifer Choe-Groves, ** Judge.

∗ William Muniz is no longer the warden of Salinas Valley State Prison and is automatically substituted in this case by his successor, Acting Warden Trent Allen. Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). ** The Honorable Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge for the United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation. Opinion by Judge Choe-Groves; Dissent by Judge Graber

SUMMARY ***

Habeas Corpus

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Orlando Lopez’s habeas corpus petition challenging his California conviction for multiple crimes…