The following excerpt is from Hawkins v. Chappell, No. 2:96-cv-01155-TLN-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2013):
principle to the facts of the prisoner's case. Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362, 405-06 (2000). A federal habeas court "may not issue the writ simply because that court concludes in its independent judgment that the relevant state-court decision applied clearly established federal law erroneously or incorrectly. Rather, that application must also be unreasonable." Id. at 411.
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