UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JOHN BEJARANO, No. 11-99000

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:98-cv-01016- v. PMP-RJJ WILLIAM REUBART, Warden, OPINION Respondent-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 23, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed May 2, 2025

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge R. Nelson; Concurrence by Judge Wardlaw 2 BEJARANO V. REUBART

SUMMARY *

Habeas Corpus / Death Penalty

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of John Bejarano’s habeas corpus petition challenging his Nevada conviction and death sentence for first-degree murder, robbery, and other felonies. In his first certified claim, Bejarano argued