Danny Jacobs v. Ryan Thornell

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED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

DANNY JACOBS, No. 22-16822

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:18-cv-01628-JGZ

v.

MEMORANDUM*

RYAN THORNELL, Arizona Department of Corrections; ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR

THE STATE OF ARIZONA,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Jennifer G. Zipps, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 9, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: BERZON, HURWITZ, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

In 2014, Danny Jacobs was convicted in Arizona state court of kidnapping.

The district court dismissed his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition and denied a

Certificate of Appealability (“COA”); this Court then also denied a COA. On the

last day on which a petition for certiorari could have been filed, Jacobs instead filed

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. a motion in the district court to amend his habeas petition.

The…