What is the federal standard of review for a habeas petition under AEDPA?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Solorzano v. Holland, Case No.: 3:16-cv-02268-AJB-KSC (S.D. Cal. 2018):

In deciding a state prisoner's habeas petition under AEDPA, a federal court applies a highly deferential standard of review, inquiring only whether the state court's decision was objectively unreasonable. See Yarborough v. Gentry, 540 U.S. 1, 4 (2003). "[A]n

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