Smallwood

MEMORANDUM **

California State prisoner Stevon Wayne Smallwood appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition challenging his conviction for assault with a firearm. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 , 2253. We review de novo the district court’s denial of Smallwood’s federal habeas petition, Patterson v. Gomez, 223 F.3d 959, 968 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm.

*444 Smallwood contends his Sixth Amendment right to self-representation was violated by the trial court’s refusal to consider his motion pursuant to Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 , 95 S.Ct. 2525 , 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975), unless it was in writing. Smallwood also contends the trial court erred by denying his request for access to the law library for the purpose of preparing his written Faretta motion.

Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), we can reverse a state court decision denying relief only if that decision is “contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d)(1). The “Supreme Court need not have addressed a…