What is the test for making a credible claim of actual innocence under AEDPA?
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The following excerpt is from McCauley v. Hill, No. 2:13-cv-2110 GGH P (E.D. Cal. 2014):
"[A] credible claim of actual innocence constitutes an equitable exception to AEDPA's limitations period, and a petitioner who makes such a showing may pass through the Schlup gateway and have his otherwise time-barred claims heard on the merits." Lee v. Lampert, 653 F.3d 929, 932 (9th Cir. 2011) (en banc). In order to obtain equitable tolling on this ground, however, petitioner must demonstrate "that it is more likely than not that no reasonable juror
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