What is the test for a federal court to order a writ of habeas corpus to set aside a state-court ruling?
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The following excerpt is from Aguon v. Montgomery, Case No.: 16-cv-2421-BAS-AGS (S.D. Cal. 2018):
new set of facts in a way that is objectively unreasonable, or 2) extends or fails to extend a clearly established legal principle to a new context in a way that is objectively unreasonable." Hernandez v. Small, 282 F.3d 1132, 1142 (9th Cir. 2002). These provisions "create an independent, high standard to be met before a federal court may issue a writ of habeas corpus to set aside state-court rulings." Uttecht v. Brown, 551 U.S. 1, 10 (2007).
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