The following excerpt is from Jensen v. Hernandez, 864 F.Supp.2d 869 (E.D. Cal. 2012):
11. In conceding this point, petitioner does not seek to meet his burden of establishing otherwise. See Bennett v. Mueller, 322 F.3d 573, 583 (9th Cir.2003) (once the state has adequately pled the existence of an independent and adequate state procedural ground as an affirmative defense, the burden to place that defense in issue shifts to the petitioner).
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