Is a federal issued writ of habeas corpus valid?
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The following excerpt is from Moreno v. Stewart, 171 F.3d 658, 1999 WL 140733 (9th Cir. 1999):
[A] federally issued writ of habeas corpus, of course, reaches only convictions obtained in violation of some provision of the United States Constitution. As we said in Cupp v. Naughten, 414 U.S. 141, 146, 94 S.Ct. 396, 400, 38 L.Ed.2d 368 (1973):
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