What is the test for a motion for a federal habeas?

However, petitioner faces another obstacle: he has failed to exhaust his claims before the state courts. The exhaustion doctrine, which requires a petitioner in state custody to exhaust state judicial remedies before proceeding with a federal habeas petition, is based on comity and gives the state courts the initial opportunity to correct alleged constitutional deprivations. See 28 U.S.C. 2254(b)(1); Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 731 (1991). A petitioner can satisfy the exhaustion requirement by providing the highest state court with a full and fair opportunity to

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