The following excerpt is from Chilcote v. Sherman, Case No.: 3:17-cv-0061-GPC-PCL (S.D. Cal. 2018):
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA") governs this petition. See Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. 320, 336-37 (1997). Pursuant to the AEDPA, a federal court may not grant habeas relief for any claim adjudicated on the merits in state court unless the decision was: (1) "contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law"; or, (2) "based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented[.]" 28 U.S.C. 2254(d); Early v. Packer, 537 U.S. 3, 7-8 (2002).
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