Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when trial counsel failed to present alternative perpetrator evidence and impeach key witnesses in a child sexual abuse prosecution

are adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.” Miller-El ». Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 327 (2003). He fails to make the necessary showing. His motion for a COA is therefore DENIED. /s/ Catharina Haynes Catharina Haynes United States Circuit Judge