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CRAWLEY v. DINWIDDIE

No. 05-5087.

533 F.3d 1226 (2008)

Leon L. CRAWLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter DINWIDDIE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard A. Pincus, Assistant Federal Public Defender (Raymond P. Moore, Federal Public Defender, with him on the briefs) Denver, CO, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Donald D. Self, Assistant Attorney General (W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with him on the briefs) Oklahoma City, OK, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, EBEL and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

O'BRIEN, Circuit Judge.

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) rejected Leon L. Crawley's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, concluding his attorney did not perform deficiently at Crawley's competency hearing in abiding Crawley's wishes and arguing he was competent to stand trial despite contrary medical opinion. Because there is no clearly established federal law relevant to Crawley's claim, we affirm.

I. Background

Crawley was charged...

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