Hammond

MEMORANDUM **

In her pro se petition, Hammond makes a variety of allegations regarding the alleged professional errors of her appointed trial counsel. To be entitled to relief, she must prove both that her counsel’s performance fell below objective standards of reasonableness and that the deficient performance prejudiced her case. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984).

The district court correctly dismissed most of Hammond’s claims because she cannot satisfy the prejudice prong of Strickland . Although Hammond contends that her counsel did not “properly” cross-examine Officer Roderick regarding her voice and physical identification of Hammond, her counsel’s closing argument focused almost exclusively on pointing out the weaknesses in Roderick’s identification. Hammond does not suggest what more could have been done through cross- *365 examination or how something more would have changed the outcome of the trial. Similarly, Hammond faults her attorney for not emphasizing exculpatory forensic evidence, but her attorney repeatedly pointed out the lack of fingerprints during her closing argument. We do not believe that more emphasis…