Case Name: Steven F. SHERER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stephen SINCLAIR, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-04-27
Citations: 476 F. App'x 443
Docket Number: No. 09-35934
Parties: Steven F. SHERER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stephen SINCLAIR, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before HUG, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 476
Pages: 443–444

Head Matter:
Steven F. SHERER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stephen SINCLAIR, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 09-35934.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted April 9, 2012.
Filed April 27, 2012.
David B. Zuckerman, Law Offices of David B. Zuckerman, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Gregory Joseph Rosen, Assistant Attorney General, Paul D. Weisser, Senior Counsel, AGWA — Office of the Washington Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before HUG, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Petitioner-Appellant Steven Sherer appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his jury conviction of first degree murder. He contends that there was insufficient evidence to convict him, his trial counsel's performance fell below the level required under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), and the government suppressed exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). The facts underlying this appeal are known to the parties and need not be repeated here. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, and we affirm the district court's denial of the petition.
Contrary to Sherer's contention, the record reflects that the state courts' decisions rejecting Sherer's sufficiency of the evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel claims were not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1); Boyer v. Belleque, 659 F.3d 957, 964-65 (9th Cir.2011); Harrington v. Richter, — U.S.-, 131 S.Ct. 770, 788, 178 L.Ed.2d 624 (2011). Nor were those decisions based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceedings. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2).
Sherer's Brady claim fails as well. Even assuming arguendo that de novo review applies, given the strength of the evidence against petitioner versus the relative weakness of the dog tracking evidence, petitioner has not demonstrated a reasonable probability that disclosure of the allegedly suppressed dog tracking report would have produced a different result. See Strickler v. Greene, 527 U.S. 263, 281-82, 289, 119 S.Ct. 1936, 144 L.Ed.2d 286 (1999).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
. Sherer raises an uncertified issue in his opening brief. We construe Sherer's additional arguments as a motion to expand the certificate of appealability. So construed, the motion is denied. See 9th Cir. R. 22-l(e); Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1104-05 (9th Cir.1999) (per curiam).