The following excerpt is from LaCrosse v. Kernan, 211 F.3d 468 (9th Cir. 1999):
The district court's dismissal of the petition for writ of habeas corpus on the ground of state procedural default presents issues of law reviewed de novo. See Fields v. Calderon, 125 F.3d 757, 759-60 (9th Cir. 1997).
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