CHENEY v. WASHINGTON

No. 08-35204.

614 F.3d 987 (2010)

James Robert Joseph CHENEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael WASHINGTON, Chairman, Oregon Board of Parole and Post Prison Supervision, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kendra M. Matthews, Ransom Blackman LLP, Portland, OR, for petitioner-appellant James Robert Joseph Cheney.

Carolyn Alexander, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, OR, for respondent-appellee Michael Washington.

Before ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, CARLOS T. BEA and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

James Cheney claims he was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel because his defense counsel failed to object properly at two points during his trial. This appeal raises the question whether the state court's decision rejecting this claim was objectively unreasonable. Applying "the doubly deferential judicial review that applies to a Strickland claim evaluated under the [28 U.S.C.] ...

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