The following excerpt is from Martinez v. Holland, CASE NO. 13cv3007-GPC (WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2014):
within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance." Id; see also Cullen v. Pinholster, 131 S.Ct. 1388, 1407 (2011) (courts must give "attorneys the benefit of the doubt" for proceeding as they did).
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