District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief is affirmed where: 1) defendant forfeited his right to raise a Batson claim on appeal; 2) defendant's ineffective assistance claim fails to meet the first prong of the Strickland standard; and 3) a state court reasonably applied established federal law regarding Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance claims.
Read Clausell v. Sherrer, No 06-4606
Appellate Information
On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of New Jersey
Opinion Filed February 5, 2010
Judges
Before: Ambro, Garth and Roth, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Circuit Judge Garth
Counsel:
For Appellant: Mary Gibbons
For Appellee: Robert D. Bernardi, Jennifer B. Paszkiewicz
