The following excerpt is from Knight v. Diaz, Case No.: 18-CV-2884-AJB-BGS (S.D. Cal. 2020):
When, as here, a petitioner fails to show cause for the default, the "court need not consider whether he suffered actual prejudice." Roberts v. Arave, 847 F.2d 528, 530 n.3
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