The following excerpt is from Bisel v. United States, CASE NO. 10-CR-5016-17 H, CASE NO. 15-CV-1354 H (S.D. Cal. 2015):
Generally, a petitioner who has procedurally defaulted by not raising a claim on direct review is barred from raising it on collateral review unless he can show cause and prejudice, or actual innocence. See Bousley v. United States, 523 U.S. 614, 622 (1998);
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