What constitutes an unreasonable application of federal law by a state court?

facts. Taylor v. Lewis, 460 F.3d 1093, 1097 n. 4 (9th Cir.2006). A state court decision involves an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law if it correctly identifies a governing rule but applies it to a new set of facts in a way that is objectively unreasonable, or if it extends, or fails to extend, a clearly established legal principle to a new set of facts in a way that is objectively unreasonable. Id. An unreasonable application of federal law is different from an incorrect application of federal law. Id.