Crawford

MEMORANDUM **

Petitioner Larry Crawford brings an ineffective assistance of counsel (“LAC”) claim, seeking habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 . Crawford challenges both the length of his sentence and the voluntariness of his plea agreement, arguing that both resulted from the ineffective assistance of his lawyer, Peter Till. We conclude that Till’s assistance was not ineffective and we affirm the district court’s denial of Crawford’s habeas petition.

We review the district court’s denial of Crawford’s § 2255 federal habeas petition de novo. United States v. Christakis, 238 F.3d 1164, 1168 (9th Cir.2001). A defendant claiming ineffective assistance of counsel must demonstrate (1) that counsel’s actions were outside the wide range of professionally competent assistance, and (2) that the defendant was prejudiced by reason of counsel’s actions. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). Crawford’s arguments that his counsel was ineffective largely boil down to two contentions. First, Crawford argues that because his counsel was not admitted to the federal bar in California, he was ineffective. Second, Crawford generally argues that…