The following excerpt is from Brooks v. Bider, No. 1:18-cv-00883-LJO-JLT (HC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
2004). "[A]lthough we independently review the record, we still defer to the state court's ultimate decisions." Pirtle v. Morgan, 313 F.3d 1160, 1167 (9th Cir. 2002).
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