Can a federal habeas corpus relief be sought against a state?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Brooks v. Yates, No. 1:11-cv-01315-LJO-JLT (HC) (E.D. Cal. 2017):
The claim concerns only the state court's determination of state law. It is well-settled that federal habeas relief is not available to state prisoners challenging state law. Estelle, 502 U.S. at 67 ("We have stated many times that federal habeas corpus relief does not lie for errors of state law); Langford v. Day, 110 F.3d 1380, 1389 (9th Cir. 1997) ("alleged errors in the application of
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