What are the grounds for federal habeas relief for erroneous jury instructions in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Leon v. Spearman, No. 1:14-cv-00301-DAD-SKO HC (E.D. Cal. 2017):
Claims of erroneous jury instructions are generally matters of state law and do not constitute grounds for federal habeas relief. Gilmore v. Taylor, 508 U.S. 333, 343 (1993). When a petitioner seeks federal habeas relief for a jury charge error, he or she must show that the instruction so infected the entire trial that the resulting conviction violated due process. Estelle, 502 U.S. at 71-72.
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