Lampert
Linh Hoang Dang v. Lampert
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Petitioner-Appellant Linh Hoang Dang appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
Dang has not satisfied the Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984) test for ineffective assistance of counsel. Dang failed to show that Ms counsel’s “acts or omissions were outside the wide range of professionally competent assistance.” Strickland, 466 U.S. at 690 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 . Dang knowingly forced his counsel to trial with little more than thirty days lead time by insisting that the prosecution comply with his statutory speedy trial rights. See Stuard v. Stewart, 401 F.3d 1064, 1068-69 (9th Cir.2005). Given the time that she had to prepare, Dang’s counsel could have reasonably declined to pursue forensic testing of the gun allegedly used in the assault in favor of more viable defense strategies. See Strickland, 466 U.S. at 690-91 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 (“[Strategic choices made after less than complete investigation are reasonable precisely to the extent that reasonable professional judgments support the limitations on mvestigation.”). Nor ■ has Dang demonstrated “a reasonable probability that ... the result of the…