Eric Wright v. Kristin K. Mayes

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 27 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ERIC WRIGHT, No. 22-15654

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-01754-SPL

v.

MEMORANDUM**

KRISTIN K. MAYES, * Attorney General for the State of Arizona, et al.,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Steven Paul Logan, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 6, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, and HAWKINS and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Eric Wright appeals the district court’s order denying his habeas corpus

petition, which argued that during his trial, the prosecutor improperly used a

preemptory challenge in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986). We

* Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Kristin K. Mayes is substituted for her predecessor, Mark Brnovich, as Attorney General for the State of Arizona. ** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit…