Jessie Roberts v. Danny Samuel

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 31 2023

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

JESSIE C. ROBERTS, No. 20-56365 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:19-cv-04002-JLS-DFM v.

DANNY SAMUEL, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Josephine L. Staton, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted March 9, 2023 Pasadena, California

Before: WATFORD and COLLINS, Circuit Judges, and MURPHY,** District Judge.

Jessie Roberts appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of

habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.

I Roberts “visited three different car dealerships” in California “over two

consecutive days” and “tried, with varying degrees of success, to steal a car from

each dealership.” People v. Roberts, 2017 WL 4112240, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by…