Can a federal habeas writ be issued on the basis of a perceived error of the state law?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Naranjo v. Kernan, Case No.: 15-CV-2666-AJB-BGS (S.D. Cal. 2017):

Federal habeas writs may not issue on the basis of a perceived error of a state law. Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 67-68 (1991) ("[I]t is not the province of a federal habeas

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