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Pablo LOPEZ-CHAVEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert LAMPERT, Superintendent of SRCI, Respondent—Appellee.
    No. 06-35673.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Sept. 28, 2007.
    Filed Oct. 18, 2007.
    Anthony David Bornstein, Esq., Federal Public Defender’s Office, Portland, OR, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    
      Douglas Park, Esq., Office of the Oregon Attorney General, Salem, OR, for Respondent-Appellee.
    Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, SILVERMAN and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Pablo Lopez-Chavez appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Lopez-Chavez contends that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel as a result of his attorney’s failure to pursue an intoxication defense and advise him about such a defense. Lopez-Chavez has not demonstrated that he was prejudiced by this failure, in light of the overwhelming evidence that Lopez-Chavez was not in fact intoxicated on the night of the murder. He is therefore not entitled to habeas relief. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 691-92, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).

We construe the briefing of uncertified issues as a motion to expand the certificate of appealability, see Cooper-Smith v. Palmateer, 397 F.3d 1236, 1245 (9th Cir.2005), and we deny the motion.

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