James Styers v. Charles Ryan

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JAMES LYNN STYERS, No. 12-16952 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:98-cv-02244- JAT CHARLES L. RYAN, Respondent-Appellee. OPINION Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James A. Teilborg, Senior District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted October 24, 2013—San Francisco California Filed December 30, 2015 Before: Jerome Farris, Alex Kozinski, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Bea 2 STYERS V. RYAN SUMMARY* Habeas Corpus The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of…