351 F. Supp. 3d 369 - Clark v. Noeth’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “[f]ederal habeas corpus is a backstop. It lets federal courts review the merits of federal claims in state criminal cases. But federal courts do not sit to review state law. So federal courts will not review federal claims when the state court's decisions are supported by a state-law reason, an 'independent and adequate state ground.' " Richardson v. Superintendent Coal Township SCI , 905 F.3d 750 , 759 (3d Cir. 2018) (quoting Coleman v. Thompson , 501 U.S. 722 , 729, 111 S.Ct. 2546 , 115 L.Ed.2d 640 (1991) ). In that same vein, the habeas statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2254 , as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, provides that when a state court has adjudicated a petitioner's habeas claim on the merits, a federal district court may grant relief only if the state court's decision was "contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 378 F. Supp. 3d 237 - Karlsen v. Kilpatrick

2. “was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the State court proceeding,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 378 F. Supp. 3d 237 - Karlsen v. Kilpatrick

3. “28 U.S.C. § 2254 (d)(1), or if the decision”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 378 F. Supp. 3d 237 - Karlsen v. Kilpatrick