Cormier

MEMORANDUM *

Donte Cormier appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 . We affirm.

Cormier advances four issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court’s exclusion of evidence of the victim’s prior convictions deprived Cormier of his right to present a defense; (2) whether he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel; (3) whether the cumulative effect of multiple errors produced a denial of due process; and (4) whether the district court should have granted an evidentiary hearing on the ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

This Court reviews de novo the district court’s denial of a habeas petition. Lara v. Ryan, 455 F.3d 1080, 1084 (9th Cir.2006). In reviewing the merits of the petition, we apply the deferential standards of review set forth in the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”). Under AEDPA, a habeas petition cannot be granted unless the state court decision was: (1) “contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States,” or was (2) “based on an unreasonable determination of the…