What is the test for a state court to grant a motion of habeas pursuant to state law procedural principles?
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The following excerpt is from MacDonald v. Hedgpeth, 907 F.3d 1212 (9th Cir. 2018):
that the state court adjudicated the claim[s] on the merits in the absence of any indication or state-law procedural principles to the contrary." Harrington v. Richter , 562 U.S. 86, 99, 131 S.Ct. 770, 178 L.Ed.2d 624 (2011). "Where a state court's decision is unaccompanied by an explanation, the habeas petitioner's burden still must be met by showing there was no reasonable basis for the state court to deny relief." Id . at 98, 131 S.Ct. 770.
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