The following excerpt is from Hatton v. Bonner, 346 F.3d 938 (9th Cir. 2003):
28 U.S.C. 2254(d); see Lockyer v. Andrade, 538 U.S. 63, 123 S.Ct. 1166, 1173-74, 155 L.Ed.2d 144 (2003) (discussing "clearly established Federal law" prong of statutory standard).
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