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Robert Eugene MERIDETH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Brian BELLEQUE, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 08-35816.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted May 25, 2010.
    
    Filed June 11, 2010.
    Anthony Bornstein, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Portland, OR, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    Jacqueline Sadker, Assistant Attorney General, Justice Joy Rillera, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Oregon Attorney General, Salem, OR, for Respondent-Appellee.
    Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Oregon state prisoner Robert Eugene Merideth appeals from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2258, and we affirm.

Merideth contends that his trial counsel was ineffective by failing to: (1) investigate the basis for an expert witness’ testimony; and (2) object to certain prejudicial testimony. The record indicates that the state court’s decision rejecting Merideth’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d); see also Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984); Hendricks v. Calderon, 70 F.3d 1032, 1039 (9th Cir.1995).

Merideth’s request to remand for an evidentiary hearing is denied. See Earp v. Ornoski, 431 F.3d 1158, 1166-67 (9th Cir.2005).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.