Can a petitioner obtain federal habeas relief for erroneous jury instructions in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from King v. Davey, No. 2:16-cv-1464-WBS-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2019):
The formulation of jury instructions is a question of state law and generally non-cognizable in federal habeas proceedings. See Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 67-68 (1991). A petitioner may obtain federal habeas relief for an erroneous state court jury instruction only where
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