Case Name: Clifford B. THOMAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roy A. CASTRO, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-07-10
Citations: 69 F. App'x 399
Docket Number: No. 01-56797; D.C. No. CV-00-10989-LGB
Parties: Clifford B. THOMAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roy A. CASTRO, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 69
Pages: 399–400

Head Matter:
Clifford B. THOMAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roy A. CASTRO, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 01-56797.
D.C. No. CV-00-10989-LGB.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 7, 2003.
Decided July 10, 2003.
Before KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The district court did not err in dismissing the petitioner's habeas corpus petition with prejudice. Appellate counsel's decision not to raise on appeal the trial court's denial of a continuance did not fall "below an objective standard of reasonableness." Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 688, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). Because the trial court has considerable discretion with respect to granting continuances, United States v. Tham, 960 F.2d 1391, 1396 (9th Cir.1991), and fully supported its ruling denying the continuance, appellate counsel reasonably could have believed this argument would be unsuccessful.
AFFIRMED.
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