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habe a s c orpus unde r28 U . S . C . § 2254, cl ai m i ng i neff ec t i ve as si st ance of coun se l . T he di stri ct court , adop t i ng the fi nd i ng s and re com m endat i on s of the m agi stra t e j ud ge, deni ed h is p e titio n . T h e d is tr ic t c o u rt g r a n te d ac e rtif ic a te o f ap p e a lab ilitya n d F a rr is t i m e l y appe a l e d. T h e st at e co u rtd i d n o tu n reaso n ab l y co n cl u d e th atF arri s fai l ed t o est ab l i sh p r e ju d ic e f r o m c o u n s e l’s p e r f

o rm a n c e . See 2 8 U .S .C . § 2 2 5 4 ( d ) ( 1 ) - ( 2 ) ; Str i c kland v . W as hi ngton , 466 U . S . 668, 687 ( 1984) . F a rr i s pr e s e nt e d no e vi de nc e be f or e the s ta te c o u rt th a t h e w o u ld n o t h a v e p le d g u iltyb u t f o rc o u n s e l’s a lle g e d e rr o r s . See Hi l l v. L o ckh a rt , 474 U . S . 52, 59 ( 2005) . E ve n c ons i de r i ng the t e s t i m ony pr e s e nt e d a tthe f

e de r a l e vi de nt i a ryhe a r i ng, Kno w les v. Mi rz ayan ce , 1 2 9 S . C t. 1 4 1 1 , 1 4 1 9 n .2 ( 2 0 0 9 ) , th e s ta te c o u rt’s c o n c lu s io n w a s n o t u n r e a s o n ab le . M o r e o v e r , F a rr is h a s n o t e s tab lis h e d th a t c o u n s e l p e r f o rm e d d e f

ic ie n tly . Str i c kland , 466 U . S . a t687. F a rr i s a r gue s tha tc ouns e l s houl d ha ve f i l e d am ot i on to s u p p r e s s b e c au s e s o m e o f th e e v id e n c e a g a in s t h im w a s d is c o v e r e d p u r s u a n t to a n i nva l i d s e a r c h w a rr a nt . B uti ti s appa r e ntc ouns e l de c i de d nott o f i l e the m ot i on for s tra t egi c r ea sons, w hi ch ar e “ vi rtual l y unchal l engeabl e. ” Str i c kland , 4 6 6 U . S. a t 6 9 0 . F u rth e rm o r e , c o u n s e l’s s tr a te g yw a s r e a s o n ab le . T h e p r o s e c u to rw o u ld3

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a ith e x c e p tio n to th e e x c lu s io n a ry ru le . U n i ted S ta tes v. Men do n sa , 989 F . 2d 366, 367- 7 0 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 3 ) . F o r th ese reaso n s, th e j u d g m en to f th e d i stri ctco u rti s AF F I RME D.