Dean

MEMORANDUM *

Anthony Lamar Dean appeals the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his convictions for robbery murder with a special circumstance and second degree robbery. Dean contends that he was deprived of due process through prosecutorial misconduct in several forms. He also requests that we expand his Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) to include several uncertified claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 and affirm the district court’s denial of Dean’s habeas petition.

We review de novo the district court’s decision to grant or deny a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. See Lambert v. Blodgett, 393 F.3d 943, 964 (9th Cir.2004), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 484 , 163 L.Ed.2d 368 (2005). Section 2254(d), as revised by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, requires federal courts to deny a state prisoner’s habeas petition unless the adjudication (1) “was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court” or (2) “was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court…