Thompson

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Joseph E. Thompson appeals the district court’s order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ of habeas corpus and requests for evidentiary hearing and further discovery. Thompson challenges his 1996 convictions for first degree burglary, evading an officer with reckless driving, and resisting an officer, for which he was sentenced to a total term of 18 years and 4 months imprisonment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 . We review claims of ineffective assistance of counsel de novo, United States v. Blaylock, 20 F.3d 1458, 1464-65 (9th Cir.1994), and we affirm.

Thompson argues that his counsel at trial provided ineffective assistance by failing to notify him that a plea offer had been approved by the state, because he would have accepted if he had known about it. See id. at 1466 (holding that failure by counsel to communicate the government’s plea offer to his client constitutes deficient performance). We are unpersuaded.

In this case, we need not consider whether counsel’s performance was deficient, because Thompson cannot demonstrate prejudice. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80…