Kevin Washington v. Robert O. Lampert

TASHIMA, Circuit Judge.

Kevin Washington, a state prisoner convicted of aggravated murder and other offenses, appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his habeas petition, Washington asserts a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel (“IAC”) in the negotiation and execution of his sentencing stipulation, which waived his right to appeal in exchange for a stipulated sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.

While a district court has habeas jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2254, whether the district court here had…