The following excerpt is from HARDNEY v. CAREY, No. CIV S-06-0300 LKK EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2011):
denied the claim on procedural grounds, the AEDPA's deferential standard does not apply and a federal habeas court must review the claim de novo. Nulph v. Cook, 333 F.3d 1052, 1056 (9th Cir. 2003).
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