The following excerpt is from Lewis v. Conn. Comm'r of Corr., 790 F.3d 109 (2nd Cir. 2015):
We review a district court's decision to grant a petition for a writ of habeas corpus de novo and its factual findings for clear error. Hemstreet v. Greiner, 491 F.3d 84, 89 (2d Cir.2007).
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