The following excerpt is from Moore v. Frauenheim, No. 2:19-cv-155-WBS-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2019):
To prevail in federal habeas proceedings, a petitioner must establish the applicability of one of the 2254(d) exceptions and also must also affirmatively establish the constitutional invalidity of his custody under pre AEDPA standards. Frantz v. Hazey, 533 F.3d 724 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc). There is no single prescribed order in which these two inquiries must be
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conducted. Id. at 736 37. The AEDPA does not require the federal habeas court to adopt any one methodology. Lockyer v. Andrade, 538 U.S. 63, 71 (2003).
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