The following excerpt is from Boyland v. Artus, No. 16-3849-pr (2nd Cir. 2018):
1. Boyland disputes the state court's review of the affidavits, but he offers no evidence to undermine the court's own statements that such review occurred. See Cardoza v. Rock, 731 F.3d 169, 178 (2d Cir. 2013) (holding that petitioner "bears the ultimate burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that his constitutional rights [were] violated" (internal quotation marks omitted)).
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