Joseph Hart v. Ron Broomfield

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 28 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSEPH WILLIAM HART, No. 20-99011

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:05-cv-03633-DSF

v.

MEMORANDUM*

RONALD BROOMFIELD, Acting Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin,

Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 22, 2024 Pasadena, California

Before: FRIEDLAND, KOH, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Joseph William Hart appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas

corpus petition challenging his conviction and death sentence for first-degree

murder with rape and sodomy special circumstances. We have jurisdiction under

28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We affirm.

Hart raises eight claims on appeal, including two claims for which the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. district court granted a certificate of appealability (COA),…