Whether the Ninth Circuit's ruling denying a certificate of
appealability conflicts with this Court's ruling in Miller-El v. Cochrell,
537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003), when Mr. Ramsey presented a debatable issue
of counsel's ineffective representation under the Sixth Amendment.

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit's ruling denying a certificate of
appealability conflicts with this court's ruling in Miller-El v. Cochrell,
537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003), when the district court implicitly created a per
se rule about counsel's representation, in direct contradiction to
Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), which holds that that
counsel's representation must be assessed "considering all of the
circumstances."

Whether the Ninth Circuit's ruling denying a certificate of appealability conflicts with this Court's ruling in Miller-El v. Cockrell