The following excerpt is from Bucci v. Busby, No. 2: 11-cv-3147 GEB KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2014):
The undersigned cannot locate any record demonstrating that petitioner exhausted a claim alleging that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to allege a violation of petitioner's federal constitutional rights in connection with claim 3. Accordingly, petitioner has not demonstrated cause for his default of claim 3. See Edwards v. Carpenter, supra.
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