Case Name: Curtis W. HEALAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Raul LOPEZ, Warden, Corcoran State Prison, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-12-19
Citations: 503 F. App'x 497
Docket Number: No. 11-56559
Parties: Curtis W. HEALAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Raul LOPEZ, Warden, Corcoran State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before: IKUTA and. NGUYEN, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 503
Pages: 497–497

Head Matter:
Curtis W. HEALAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Raul LOPEZ, Warden, Corcoran State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 11-56559.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 7, 2012.
Filed Dec. 19, 2012.
David Harold Goodwin, Esquire, David Goodwin, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Eric Jordan Kohm, Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before: IKUTA and. NGUYEN, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Larry A. Burns, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner Curtis Healan appeals from the district court's judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2258, and we affirm.
The California Court of Appeal's decision was not "based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding," 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2), because the trial judge's determination that Heal-an's counsel never fell asleep during trial, but functioned appropriately and competently, was supported by the evidence presented at the hearing, including the judge's own observations of counsel's trial performance. Cf. Dows v. Wood, 211 F.3d 480, 487 (9th Cir.2000) (trial judge was in good position to evaluate attorney's actual performance). Healan has not rebutted the trial court's findings by clear and convincing evidence. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1).
The California Court of Appeal's decision was neither "contrary to" nor an "unreasonable application of' Supreme Court precedent. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1). No Supreme Court case holds "that prejudice shall be presumed in circumstances" where the attorney may be mentally impaired. Dows, 211 F.3d at 484-86. Given the overwhelming evidence of Healan's guilt, he has not shown that he was prejudiced by any error he now assigns to his counsel. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 694, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.