Case Name: Dale Stephen RODABAUGH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. P.L. VASQUEZ, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-06-22
Citations: 348 F. App'x 204
Docket Number: No. 07-55673
Parties: Dale Stephen RODABAUGH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. P.L. VASQUEZ, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 348
Pages: 204–205

Head Matter:
Dale Stephen RODABAUGH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. P.L. VASQUEZ, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 07-55673.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 16, 2009.
Filed June 22, 2009.
Patricia A. Andreoni, Esq., Sylmar, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Juliet H. Swoboda, Esq., Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Dale Stephen Rodabaugh appeals from the district court's judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm.
Rodabaugh contends that the trial court violated his due process rights by admitting identification evidence that he claims was obtained through impermissibly suggestive pretrial identification procedures. The state court's decision rejecting this claim was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1); see also Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188, 196-200, 93 S.Ct. 375, 34 L.Ed.2d 401 (1972); Simmons v. United States, 390 U.S. 377, 384-86, 88 S.Ct. 967, 19 L.Ed.2d 1247 (1968).
Rodabaugh also contends that trial counsel was ineffective by failing to pursue a ruling on a motion to suppress the identification evidence, and by failing to file a second suppression motion. The state court's decision rejecting this claim was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1); see also Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984); Kimmelman v. Morrison, 477 U.S. 365, 375, 106 S.Ct. 2574, 91 L.Ed.2d 305 (1986).
To the extent that Rodabaugh raises uncertified claims, we construe such argument as a motion to expand the certificate of appealability, and we deny the motion. See 9th Cir. R. 22-1 (e); see also Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir.1999) (per curiam).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.