Case Name: Herman Willie BARLOW, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Al SCRIBNER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-10-20
Citations: 454 F. App'x 585
Docket Number: No. 08-56695
Parties: Herman Willie BARLOW, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Al SCRIBNER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 454
Pages: 585–587

Head Matter:
Herman Willie BARLOW, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Al SCRIBNER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 08-56695.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Oct. 13, 2011.
Filed Oct. 20, 2011.
Brian A. Newman, Esquire, Law Offices of Brian A. Newman, Redondo Beach, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Chung Mar, AGCA-Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: PREGERSON and BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and DAVIDSON, Senior District Judge.
The Honorable Glen H. Davidson, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern Mississippi, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
State prisoner Herman Willie Barlow, Jr. appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Barlow alleges that his trial counsel's failure to investigate and introduce evidence of third-party culpability in his trial was ineffective assistance of counsel. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 2253, and we affirm the district court's denial of the habeas petition.
This court reviews a district court's denial of a habeas petition de novo and reviews its factual findings for clear error. Robinson v. Schriro, 595 F.3d 1086, 1099 (9th Cir.2010). Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act ("ADE-PA"), Barlow would be entitled to habeas relief if he demonstrated that the state court's denial of his ineffective assistance of counsel claim "was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court." 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1). The standard for evaluating ineffective assistance of counsel was established in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), which requires that the petitioner show both that his counsel's performance was deficient and that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense. Id. at 687, 104 S.Ct. 2052.
Even assuming Barlow's trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective, the California Supreme Court's denial of Barlow's habeas petition is not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, Strickland because Barlow fails to satisfy Strickland's prejudice prong. Specifically, Barlow fails to show he could have called Brian Bridges to testify, when the testimony of Bridges was the sole piece of evidence before the California Supreme Court implicating William Devore as the killer. See Cullen v. Pinholster, — U.S. -, 131 S.Ct. 1388, 1398, 179 L.Ed.2d 557 (2011) ("[R]eview under § 2254(d)(1) is limited to the record that was before the state court that adjudicated the claim on the merits."). Because Barlow has not shown prejudice, he is not entitled to habeas relief.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.