Hsiu Tseng v. Mona Houston

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 1 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HSIU YING TSENG, No. 22-55401

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-09036-AB-KES v.

MONA D. HOUSTON, Warden, MEMORANDUM*

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Andre Birotte, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 7, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: WARDLAW, FRIEDLAND, and SUNG, Circuit Judges.

Dr. Hsiu Ying Tseng appeals the district court’s denial of her petition for a

writ of habeas corpus. The parties agree that the last reasoned state court decision

on the merits is the California Court of Appeal’s ruling on Tseng’s direct appeal of

her conviction, which is published in part at People v. Tseng, 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 194

(Ct. App. 2018). We review de novo the district court’s denial of Tseng’s habeas

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.…