Goldsby

MEMORANDUM **

Mark Anthony Goldsby appeals from the district court’s decisions denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition and his motion for leave to conduct discovery under Rule 6(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. We affirm.

We need not decide whether counsel was deficient in failing to pursue leads to Gray and Allen, because regardless, the state court’s determination that Goldsby was not prejudiced is neither contrary to, nor an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law. 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d)(1); Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 694 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). Goldsby has not shown that either would have testified nor what they would have said, except for what Gray told Powell. In any event, no matter what Gray might have said about where Goldsby was seated at the time of the first shooting, she was not percipient to the second round of shooting which is what killed Robinson. Moreover, Goldsby was identified as the shooter by two eyewitnesses. Thus, our confidence in the outcome of the trial is not undermined by speculation about the impact Gray or Allen might have had.

The magistrate judge did not abuse his discretion in…