Chanh Minh Dang v. Giurbino

MEMORANDUM *

Chanh Minh Dang, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court’s denial of his writ of habeas corpus. He was sentenced by a superior court judge of the state of California to ninety-one years in prison for offenses arising out of his treatment of his girlfriend and her supporters. His acts were criminal. The sentence was gargantuan. Our review is neither of his crimes nor of his sentence, but of the competence of his counsel. In this review, our own competence is sharply circumscribed by Congress.

We review de novo the district court’s denial of habeas corpus. Cavitt v.…