NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT AUG 31 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ROLANDO ESTEBAN SANCHEZ, No. 14-55862
Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 5:12-cv-02018-DOC
v.
MEMORANDUM*
G. D. LEWIS,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted August 25, 2015**
Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
California state prisoner Rolando Esteban Sanchez appeals pro se from the
district court’s judgment granting in part and denying in part his 28 U.S.C. § 2254
habeas petition. We dismiss.
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
Sanchez raises several challenges to his convictions and sentence for murder
and related offenses. The district court granted a certificate of appealability
(“COA”) only as to Sanchez’s claim that there was insufficient evidence to support
his conviction for carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle. While this appeal was
pending, the state court dismissed that count.1 Because Sanchez is no longer in
custody for the concealed weapon offense, this court “cannot grant any effectual
relief” in Sanchez’s favor and the certified claim is moot. See Calderon v. Moore,
518 U.S. 149, 150 (1996) (per curiam) (internal quotations omitted).
We treat Sanchez’s additional arguments as a motion to expand the COA
and deny the motion. See 9th Cir. R. 22-1(e); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098,
1104-05 (9th Cir. 1999) (per curiam).
DISMISSED.
1
We grant appellee’s request for judicial notice of the transcript from
Sanchez’s June 30, 2014, resentencing hearing in state court.
2 14-55862