Michael McLaughlin v. Ronald Oliver

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL T. MCLAUGHLIN, No. 21-15806

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:11-cv- v. 00884-JCM-VCF

RONALD OLIVER; ATTORNEY

GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF OPINION

NEVADA,

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada James C. Mahan, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 17, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

Filed March 19, 2024

Before: Jacqueline H. Nguyen and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Collins

* The Honorable Edward R. Korman, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Habeas Corpus

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Michael McLaughlin’s habeas corpus petition challenging his state court convictions for attempted murder, battery, and burglary arising from his stabbing attack on multiple employees at the Clark County Social Services office in Henderson, Nevada. McLaughlin contended that his…