The following excerpt is from Washington v. Cambra, 208 F.3d 832 (9th Cir. 1999):
We review de novo a district court's dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus on grounds of state procedural default. See Fields v. Calderon, 125 F.3d 757, 759-60 (9th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1132 (1998).
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