T hi s di s pos i t i on i s notappr opr i a t e f orpubl i c a t i on and i s notpr e c e de nt * e xc e pta s pr ovi de d by 9th C i r . R . 36- 3.

T he pa ne l una ni m ous l y c onc l ude s thi s c a s e i s s ui t abl e f orde c i s i on ** w ith o u t o r a l a r g u m e n t. See F ed. R . A pp . P . 34 (a )( 2). NOT F OR P UB L I CAT I ON UN I TE D STATE S C OU RT OF APPE ALS FOR T HE NI NTH CI RC UI T D A V I D G EO RG E CH A N D LER, P e titio n e r- A p p e lla n t, v. SH A RO N BLA CK ETTER, R es po nd ent- A pp el l ee . N o. 09- 35019 D . C. N o . 3 : 0 6 - c v - 0 1 7 7 7 - PK ME MOR AN DU M *

A pp ea l fr om the U ni t ed S t at es D i stri ctC ou rt

f orthe D i s tr i c tof

O r e gon A nc e rL . H a gge rty , S e ni orD i s tr i c tJ udge , P r e s i di ng

S ubm i tt e d F e brua ry 1, 2010 ** S e a tt l e , W a s hi ngt on B efo re: R Y M E R , G O U L D an d B Y B E E , C i rcu i tJu d g es. P et i t i on erD avi d G eorge C hand l er(“ C hand l er ”) se eks habeas corpus re l i ef f r om hi s c onvi c t i on i n O r e gon s t a t e c ourt . W e r e vi e w the di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s de ni a l of h ab e a s r e lie f

d e n o v o . B ri b i esca v. G a la za , 2 1 5 F .3 d 1 0 1 5 , 1 0 1 8 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 0 ) . 

# FI LED FEB 24 2 010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS- 2-

C ha ndl e rc a rr i e s the bur de n of pr ovi ng by apr e ponde r a nc e of the e vi de nc e tha the is e n title d to h ab e a s r e lie f , S i lva v. W

o o d f o rd , 27 9 F . 3d 82 5, 83 5 (9th C i r. 20 02 ), and i s onl y e nt i t l ed t o such rel i ef i f the st at e c ou rtdeci si on he chal l enges w as

“ c o n tr a ry t o . . . c l e a r l y e s t ab l i s h e d Fe d e r a l l a w , a s d e t e rmi n e d b y th e Su p r e me C o u rt o f th e U n ite d S ta te s .” 2 8 U .S .C . § 2 2 5 4 ( d ) ( 1 ) . S in c e C h a n d le rh a s f a ile d to id e n tif y a n y c le a r ly e s tab lis h e d f e d e r a l la w , a s d e te rm in e d b y th e S u p r e m e C o u rt, ho l di ng thata def

endant ’ s S i xth A m endm entri gh tt o cou nsel cann otbe forf ei t ed th r o u g h p a rtic u la r ly e g r e g io u s c o n d u c t, th e d is tr ic t c o u rt p r o p e r ly d e n ie d h is appl i c a t i on. A l tho ug h the S up re m e C ou rthas neverdi re ct l y hel d thatthe ri gh tt o cou nsel can b e f orfe i t ed, the C ou rthas a l so never hel d t o the contrary , and h as hel d that a n o th e rf u n d a m e n t a l S i x th Am e n d m e n tr i g h t

— th e r i g h tt o b e p r e s e n ta to n e ’ s o wn tr ia l— c a n b e f

o r f e ite d th r o u g h m is c o n d u c t. See T aylor v. U

ni ted Stat es , 4 1 4 U . S. 1 7 , 1 9 - 2 0 ( 1 9 7 3 ) ( p e rc u r ia m ) ; Il l i no is v . A l len , 3 9 7 U .S . 3 3 7 , 3 4 2 - 4 3 ( 1 9 7 0 ) . B etw ee n C hand l er ’ s progres si on of court -app oi nt ed att orneys — al l of w ho m w er e ap p aren t l y d i sch arg ed d u e t o C h an d l er’ s m ach i n at i o n s— an d C h an d l er’ s o w n b o ast tha the “ kn[ e ] w of

m a ny w a y s t o dr a g thi s on i nde f i ni t e l y , a nd . . . w [ oul d] not he s i t a t e t o do s o” i n al e tt e rt o the pr os e c ut or , the r e w a s a m pl e e vi de nc e i ndi c a t i ng- 3-

tha tC ha ndl e r , l i ke the de f e nda nti n A l len , w a s e n g a g in g in “c o n d u c t . . . to a v o id bei ng tri ed on the charges brou gh tagai nsthi m . ” A l len , 397 U . S . a t346. M os ti m port a nt l y , C handl e rha s f a i l e d t o i de nt i f

y— a nd w e c a nnotf

i nd— a ny S upr e m e C ourtc a s e c l e a r l y e s t abl i s hi ng tha tthe r i ghtt o c ouns e l c a nnotbe f o r f e ite d th r o u g h ad e f

e n d a n t’s m is c o n d u c t. See 2 8 U .S .C . § 2 2 5 4 ( d ) ( 1 ) ; Craterv. G a la za , 491 F . 3d 1119, 1123 ( 9th C i r . 2007) ( “ [ I ] f habe a s r e l i e f

de pe nds upon the r e s ol ut i on of

a n ‘ ope n que s t i on i n [ S upr e m e C ourt ] j ur i s prude nc e , ’ § 2254( d) ( 1) pr e c l ude s r e l i e f

. ” ( quot i ng C a r e

y v . Mu s la d in , 54 9 U . S . 70 , 76 (200 6)). AF F I RME D.