Benjamin Asaeli v. Mike Obenland

MEMORANDUM **

Washington state prisoner Benjamin Sa-lofi Asaeli appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2264 habeas corpus petition. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review a district court’s denial of a habeas corpus petition de novo, see Casey v. Moore, 386 F.3d 896, 904 (9th Cir. 2004), and we affirm.

Asaeli claims that the Washington state trial court violated his rights to a fair trial and due process by admitting allegedly prejudicial gang evidence and committing cumulative error. He further argues that trial counsel was constitutionally…