The following excerpt is from Espinoza v. Hatton, Case No.: 10-cv-397-WQH-BGS (S.D. Cal. 2020):
Review of the Petition is governed by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA") because the Petition was filed in 2010, well after AEDPA's effective date. See Woodford v. Garceau, 538 U.S. 202, 210 (2003). Under AEDPA, a federal habeas petitioner must demonstrate that the state court's adjudication of the claim
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