The following excerpt is from Allen v. Barnes, No. 2:12-cv-2622-JAM-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
state law, derived from its analysis of state law, is binding on this court. See Lewis v. Jeffers, 497 U.S. 764, 780 (1990) ("federal habeas corpus relief does not lie for errors of state law . . . .").
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