The following excerpt is from Atwood v. Ryan, 870 F.3d 1033 (9th Cir. 2017):
failed to raise this claim to the state court, and that it is procedurally defaulted. Nevertheless, Atwood argues that he has met the requirements set forth in Martinez v. Ryan , 566 U.S. at 910, 132 S.Ct. 1309, to overcome the procedural default. Atwood asserts that the district court erred in rejecting this argument.
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