The following excerpt is from Hill v. Hatton, No. 2:16-cv-2124 DB P (E.D. Cal. 2019):
inquiry is whether petitioner had the opportunity to litigate his claim, not whether he did, in fact, do so, or even whether the claim was correctly decided." Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 899 (9th Cir. 1996) (citations omitted).
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