William B. Bird v. Allan Bailey, Superintendent, Ketchikan Correctional Center, State of Alaska

66 F.3d 334 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. William B. BIRD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Allan BAILEY, Superintendent, Ketchikan Correctional Center, State of Alaska, Respondent-Appellee. No. 94-36239. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 8, 1995. * Decided Sept. 12, 1995. Before: HALL, WIGGINS, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 William B. Bird, an Alaska state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition for habeas corpus. Bird contends that his trial counsel was ineffective in defending him against a sexual abuse of a minor charge. He points to the following two examples of his lawyer's deficient performance: (1) counsel's deliberate introduction of evidence that Bird once answered the door in the nude and (2) counsel's failure to prevent the introduction of a witness's testimony that she heard that Bird had been caught in bed with his girlfriend's children. Bird argues that each of…