1107 (1996); see also Cullen v. Pinholster, 563 U.S. 131 S. Ct. 1388, 1408 (2011) ("Surmounting Strickland's high bar is never an easy task." (quotation marks omitted) (alteration omitted)). We conclude that the district court did not err by rejecting Patterson's ineffective-assistance claims, and we ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

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