The following excerpt is from Heller v. Powers-Mendoza, No. 2:05-cv-02518-JKS (E.D. Cal. 2011):
21. 28 U.S.C. 2254(e)(1); see also Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 340 (2003) ("Factual determinations by state courts are presumed correct absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary . . . ." (citing 2254(e)(1)).
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